Example sentences of "[noun sg] before [art] magistrate " in BNC.
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| 1 | With his friend , Robert Smithers , he determines to ‘ make a night of it ’ after receipt of his quarter 's wages ; their riotous behaviour leads to their arrest and appearance before a magistrate the following morning . |
| 2 | If the trial takes place before the magistrates and they come to the conclusion that the offence under section 54(1) is not made out , they are presently unable to convict of the offence of simple assault unless there is an additional information charging the common assault . |
| 3 | The police were required to bring the detained person before a magistrates ' court ‘ as soon as practicable ’ after arrest . |
| 4 | Certain facts were required to be proven to the satisfaction of the reviewing court before the magistrate or tribunal could go right or wrong . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | However , impressed in particular by the fact that Price was an accomplice who had retracted his Swedish evidence before the magistrate , the court decided to discharge the order made by the magistrate . |
| 7 | However , as I have recorded , Price gave evidence before the magistrate in the course of which he retracted his Swedish evidence in so far as it implicated the applicant . |
| 8 | Criminal prosecutions are commenced either in the Magistrates ' Court if the matter is to be tried summarily or , following a committal before a Magistrates ' Court , in the Crown Court if the matter is to be tried upon an indictment . |
| 9 | There were , of course , differences between taking a grievance to a supernatural being and instituting a case before a magistrate . |
| 10 | A defendant 's costs order may also be made in the following circumstances : ( 1 ) by a magistrates ' court where an information has been laid before magistrates but not proceeded with ; or where the magistrates ' court inquiring into an indictable offence as examining justices determines not to commit the accused for trial ; ( 2 ) by the Crown Court where the defendant is not tried for an offence for which he or she had been indicted or committed for trial ; or the defendant who has been convicted of an offence before a magistrates ' court appeals against conviction or sentence and , in consequence of that appeal , the conviction is set aside or a less severe punishment is awarded ; ( 3 ) by the Divisional Court where it deals with any criminal appeal ; ( 4 ) by the Court of Appeal where it allows an appeal against conviction or sentence or on such an appeal finds the defendant guilty of a different offence or imposes a different sentence ; ( 5 ) by the House of Lords where it determines a criminal appeal , or application for leave to appeal . |
| 11 | The girl and a neighbour had taken an oath before a magistrate . |
| 12 | Does that mean he may lay an information and bring the matter before the magistrates without first putting the person alleged to be in default on notice of what is alleged ? |
| 13 | ‘ Offences under the Act will attract a fine of up to the maximum £2,000 on conviction before a Magistrates Court and an unlimited fine on conviction before a Crown Court , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Caterers may come into contact with the Crown Court either on appeal from a conviction before the Magistrates ' Court or when they are tried for serious criminal offences . |