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Until the late 1980s, the main venue for criminal court hearings in Peterborough was the magistrates' court in the Sessions House in Thorpe Road. [1] [2] [a] However, as the number of court cases in the Peterborough area grew, it became necessary to create modern courtrooms for the crown court and the county court.
The Magistrates Court of South Australia is the lowest level court in the state of South Australia. The Magistrates Court, then known as the Court of Petty Sessions, was established in 1837, by the Court of Sessions Act 1837. [1] It has both original and appellate jurisdiction and hears matters specified in the Magistrates Court Act 1991 (SA). [2]
An order granted to police means a flat at the centre of concerns about anti-social behaviour is now closed. It means only the emergency services, the council and a housing association can access ...
The magistrates of the Soke of Peterborough, when siting as the court of quarter sessions, had powers to try more serious cases: such powers were normally only exercised by the judges sitting in the courts of assize rather than by a mere magistrates' court. The Liberty of Peterborough Constabulary, which was formed in 1857, also established its ...
Sally Ann McGrath, aged 22, who lived with her parents in Tower Street, Peterborough, England, was last seen in Cathedral Square, Peterborough at 2.45pm on 11 July 1979, after telling friends at The Bull Hotel that she was heading to the unemployment office on Church Street. She was found murdered in 1980.
There are four mechanisms under which a decision of a magistrates' court may be challenged: reconsideration by the same magistrates' court; [22] appeal to the Crown Court; [23] appeal to the High Court (King's Bench Division) by way of case stated; and; judicial review in the High Court (Administrative Division).
A FedEx contract worker has been busted for allegedly dumping dozens of packages in the woods to avoid working late. Latavion Lewis was arrested after a post office in Bonifay, Florida, received ...
Magistrates also sit at the Crown Court to hear appeals against verdict and/or sentence from the magistrates' court. In these cases the magistrates form a panel with a judge. [60] A magistrate is not allowed to sit in the Crown Court on the hearing of an appeal in a matter on which they adjudicated in the magistrates' court. There is a right of ...