A Special Justice of the Peace was appointed at Adelaide in May 1888 (Government Gazette No 6968, dated 1 May 1888, Proclamation No 76, dated 7 April 1888). As from 12 November 1895, JHB Shaw was appointed Assistant Resident Magistrate for the district of Fort Beaufort but stationed at Adelaide (Government Gazette No 7762, dated 12 November 1895, Government Notice No 1088 dated 11 November 1895). A magistrate’s court was established at Adelaide in October 1905 (Government Gazette No 8795, dated 10 October 1905, Proclamation No 340).