Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] magistrate " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have included responsibility for the finance , organization and administration of the Magistrates ' courts , and for criminal legal aid . |
| 2 | Since Christie had the vote of the burgh of Stirling at his disposal after the Michaelmas elections of 1740 , when the friends of James Erskine of Grange were turned out of council by Christie 's party , Ilay and Milton showed their appreciation of the magistrate 's friendship by ensuring that Sir Robert Walpole recommended Mr. Christie to Sir Charles Wager to such effect that the admiral named Christie to the highly desirable post of lieutenant in a new frigate , with all the prospects of prize money which such an appointment entailed . |
| 3 | After weeks of violence culminating in the brutal murder of a magistrate , Rosario Livatino , in Sicily on Sept. 21 , President Francesco Cossiga had warned in an open letter to parliament on Sept. 23 that " whole regions of Italy are now controlled by the Mafia , not by the state " and that Sicily , Campania and Calabria needed to be " reconquered " . |
| 4 | The regional public relations officer for the Hampshire incorporated Law Society Richard Newson , has fears about the future of the magistrates ' courts . |
| 5 | In 1971 ‘ Justice ’ , a group of liberal lawyers , published a booklet entitled The Unrepresented Defendant in the Magistrates ' Courts . |
| 6 | Criminal legal aid in the magistrates ' courts cost £14 million in 1976 , rising to £16¾ million the following year , an increase of 17 per cent . |
| 7 | Similarly , in 1888 a Southern Province mudaliyar attributed a fall in the crime to a magistrate ‘ who was really a terror to evil-doers ’ . |
| 8 | Not only would the courts leave the meaning of the term to the magistrates ; they would also accept the magistrates ' view as to whether the evidence justified applying that term to the case . |
| 9 | There were no applications for bail for either defendant and both were granted legal aid by the magistrates . |
| 10 | There were no applications for bail for either , and both were granted legal aid by the magistrates . |
| 11 | Another possibility worth considering is taking articles with the clerk of a magistrates ' court with a view to this type of appointment . |
| 12 | ‘ Difficult , ’ agreed Henry , ‘ and made more so , I imagine , by the fact that both the Coroner and the Chairman of the Magistrates ’ Bench were there . ’ |
| 13 | He 's a former chairman of the magistrates association and has spent thirty one years on the bench . |
| 14 | But the chairman of the magistrates saiod they viewed the offences very seriously and found Mr Righton a total of £900 plus £75 costs . |
| 15 | This provoked fierce opposition on the part of the Magistrates ' Association , however , which viewed it as an unwarranted attack on the independence of magistrates , and just five years later the measure was repealed as a result . |
| 16 | Nine two , you have a paper from the , which is a copy of the paper th , that the director of financial services submitted to the magistrate 's court committee management board , a response from the magistrate 's courts management board for the county council erm , I will move to note the response of the magistrate 's courts committee and to confirm our previous recommendation to the county council regarding this part of the policy resources committee budget . |
| 17 | The primary function of the Magistrates ' Court is to try criminal cases . |
| 18 | As recommended by Beeching , the Lord Chancellor assumed overall responsibility for the construction and administration of all courts above the level of the Magistrates ' courts . |
| 19 | Among other devices , the minority would separate from the majority at the annual election of the Magistrates and Councillors , and each faction would make separate elections . |
| 20 | By contrast requiring a case to be stated , just like the appeal by way of case stated from a decision of a magistrates ' court or the Crown Court described in chapter 7 , obliges the tribunal to set out its decision and the reasons for it together with a formulation of the questions to be considered by the High Court . |
| 21 | Today , jury trials are out of fashion , because censorship of the media is more easily achieved by an injunction , granted by a judge sitting in secret , or by a directive from a regulatory body like the Independent Broadcasting Authority , or by the decision of a magistrates ' court . |
| 22 | That evidence was , prima facie , of itself sufficient to justify the decision of the magistrate that the applicant should be committed . |
| 23 | At all events in the present case the question whether , in the light of Price 's subsequent retraction before the magistrate , his Swedish evidence was sufficient to justify the applicant 's committal , was essentially a matter for the decision of the magistrate , who had heard Price give evidence before him . |
| 24 | a Court Clerk , who is legally trained and can advise Magistrates about matters of law , but who does n't take part in the actual decision of the Magistrates ? |
| 25 | Decisions as to the disqualification of a magistrate or justice of the peace , in his capacity as a judge in a criminal court , are not directly in point , but may be helpful . |
| 26 | Instead the complainant , defendant , and witnesses had to come back and testify all over again , usually on a different day , when the official was acting in his capacity as a magistrate . |
| 27 | I do not know the details of the individual case ; that is a question for the magistrates . |
| 28 | The chairfman of the magistrates Mr John Wright told Dines his offences were serious . |
| 29 | ‘ We all know about criminal cases and traffic offences , but there are many aspects of the work of the Magistrates Court which do not see the light of day as far as the general public are concerned , for example juvenile and matrimonial cases . |
| 30 | Certain of the magistrates were nominated to a special inner group , some of whom had to be present if a session of the magistrates ' court was to be lawful . |