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The Jamestown Ferry (also known as the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry) is a free automobile and bus ferry service across a navigable portion of the James River in Virginia. It carries State Route 31 , connecting Jamestown in James City County with Scotland Wharf in Surry County .
A sheriff court (Scottish Gaelic: Cùirt an t-Siorraim) is the principal local civil and criminal court in Scotland, with exclusive jurisdiction over all civil cases with a monetary value up to £100,000, and with the jurisdiction to hear any criminal case except treason, murder, and rape, which are in the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of Justiciary.
A sheriff-substitute, who was resident in Peterhead, was first appointed in 1841. [1] In the 1860s, court officials decided to commission a dedicated courthouse for the town. The site they selected was on the southwest side of Queen Street. [2] The foundation stone for the new building was laid with full masonic honours on 16 August 1869.
Although sheriff court hearings have taken place in Fort William since 1794, [2] [3] a prison, with a courtroom, was only established in the town in 1849. [4] In the early 1870s, court officials decided to commission a dedicated courthouse for the area. The site they selected was on the southeast side of the High Street, just to the west of the ...
After he pleaded guilty at Dunoon Sheriff Court, [7] he was referred to the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh, where he was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. [8] [9] Following a nationwide review of all Scottish court buildings, Historic Environment Scotland listed the building at Category C in 2015. [10]
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Plaque on the front of the building. Until the mid-19th century, court hearings were held in the old town house in Linlithgow. [2] After finding this arrangement unsatisfactory, court officials decided to commission a dedicated courthouse: the site they selected, on the south side of the High Street, had been occupied by Archbishop John Hamilton's house in the 16th century.
Until the late 1980s, hearings took place at the Old Sheriff Court in Hope Street. [1] [2] [3] However, as the number of court cases in Falkirk grew, it became necessary to commission a modern courthouse for criminal matters. The site the court officials selected was open land on the south side of Main Street in Camelon. [4]