Example sentences of "[conj] a magistrate ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an attempt to secure such a reduction , national guide-lines were issued in October 1990 , which identified a number of offence-specific factors that would justify a committal , but only where a magistrates ' court feels that its sentencing powers are insufficient . |
| 2 | This does not apply where a magistrates ' court declines to hear a case because it could be dealt with more conveniently in another court ( s94(2) ) . |
| 3 | A defendant 's costs order may be made in favour of an acquitted defendant by the Crown Court or a magistrates ' court . |
| 4 | As a safeguard , they recommended that a magistrates ' court should be required to sanction any detention after twenty-four hours and that the suspect should be legally represented at this stage , so that his or her point of view could be put across . |
| 5 | ‘ if a magistrates ' court inquiring into an offence as examining justices is of opinion , on consideration of the evidence and of any statement of the accused , that there is sufficient evidence to put the accused on trial by jury for any indictable offence , the court shall commit him for trial ; and , if it is not of that opinion , it shall … discharge him . |