| VPRS 290 Ballarat East Petty Sessions Unit 43, Items 209-317, Pages 166-175, Wednesday 10 February 1897. |
| On 22 January 1897 the following 109 defendants were served with summonses to appear before the court on Wednesday 10 Feb 1897 to recover the annual charge for removal of night soil from their tenements. The complainant was Mr Morrow on behalf of The Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Town of Ballaarat East. |
| In some cases the defendant appeared, others were Ex parte (absent). |
| The decisions of the Justices of the Peace, JOSEPHS, KING and LONIE varied - 'Discharged', 'Withdrawn', 'Adjourned for seven days', 'Summons not served', 'Struck out', 'Order for the amounts of either 4/-, 6/-, 8/-, 12/- or 16/- to be paid with 2/6 costs'. |
| AH LOCK | ENGLAND William | LEE Thomas | ROWLANDS Henry |
| ALEXANDER Robert | FARRER Albert B | LEONARD Hannah | ROWLEY John Thomas |
| ALLEN Frederick | FOARD Alfred J | LEONARD Thomas | RUSS Matilda |
| ANDERSON Eliza | FRANKS Maria | LIVERMORE Fanny | RUSSELL Edward |
| AN GON | FURLONG Annie | LOCK George | RYAN Martin |
| BAINBRIDGE Henry | FURLONG Martha | LUCAS Henry | RYAN William |
| BERRIMAN Vincent | GARDNER Henry | LUGG Samuel H | SANG Caroline |
| BETHUNE Ronald | GLADMAN Samuel | LYONS Caroline | SAVORY Alfred |
| BETTERNALLI Robert | GLASSON William | MAINARD Gilbert | SELLS John C |
| BRADLEY Patrick | GORSUCH Charles W | MARSHALL John | SEPTIMUS Amelia |
| BRENNAN John | GRAY Horace | MARTIN Ellen | SEVIOR Charles |
| BROWN George | GREEN Georgina | MOORE Thomas | SHARPE John |
| BURNETT Margaret | GRIMES Thomas | O'CONNOR Charles | SMITH John H |
| CADD Henry | GRINDLEY Alexander | O'DEA John | SULLIVAN Thomas |
| CARNELL Thomas | HAIG Oliver | ODGERS John | TODD Thomas |
| CARTLEDGE John | HALLIDAY George | OLIVER Jane | TREGLOAN John |
| CASSELLS Matthew | HAMMER Elizabeth | OWEN James | TRINDER Henry |
| CHISHOLM Janet | HARVEY Charles | PATTERSON Zachariah | TRUMAN William |
| CLARKE David | HAYES Williams | PORTER William | TURNER James |
| COFFEY Mary | HISCOX Jessie | POWELL Susan | WAITE William |
| COLLINS Mary A | HOGAN Michael | POWER James | WALSH Blamey |
| COONEY Mary | HOUSTON Jane Rosina | PRATO John | WARNE Richard |
| COPPIN Henry | HUTCHINSON Henry | PRATO Frederick | WEAVER Frederick |
| DALGLEISH Arthur J | JAMES Margaret | QUICK Israel | WILLIAMS Thomas |
| DALY John | JOHNSTON John | REYNOLDS Daniel | WILLIAMS George |
| DARLEY Selina | LADNER William | RICHARDS James | |
| DAVIS John | LALAND George | ROBERTS Ellen | |
| ELLIOTT John | LEE John | ROBERTS Samuel |