Example sentences of "[prep] [prep] [art] magistrates ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was true of 6.5 per cent of defendants appearing in the Crown Court and 12.2 per cent who were proceeded against in the magistrates ' courts in 1999 , all of whom could be said to have suffered a double injustice . |
| 2 | Care proceedings are dealt with in the Magistrates ' Court and can result in children either being taken into care or being released from care . |
| 3 | Similarly prosecutions relating to water pollution and contravention of planning notices are dealt with in the Magistrates ' Court . |
| 4 | And in reality , as the Criminal Statistics for 1990 bear out ( Home Office , 1991a ) , less than a third of such cases would have been dealt with in the magistrates ' courts by means of a custodial penalty at all ( compared with just under two-thirds in the Crown Court ) . |
| 5 | The appellant was anxious for the matter to be dealt with in the magistrates ' court , but his accomplice elected to be tried in the Crown Court , but changed his plea at the last minute . |
| 6 | There are many different bodies in the country who seek to recover levies from individuals or companies and these matters are invariably dealt with by the Magistrates ' Court . |