Example sentences of "the magistrates ' [noun] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The White Paper proposals reflected the magistrates ' views that the 1969 act was too soft on young offenders . |
| 2 | Examination of sentencing in either the magistrates ' courts or the Crown Court on their own may also be misleading . |
| 3 | There have been few detailed research studies that have examined arrest rates of those living in the same areas or sentencing in both the magistrates ' courts and the Crown Court in one study . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If these steps are not taken , the council can take the offender to the magistrates ' court and a fine of up to £2,000 may be payable — and the fine may be repeated on a continuing basis if the notice is still not complied with . |
| 6 | At first , the Lord Chief Justice 's pronouncements appeared to have had the desired effect , as the average length of prison sentences imposed on males aged 17 and above for indictable offences fell in both the magistrates ' court and the Crown Court in the months following the cases of R. v. |
| 7 | The Wootton and Widgery proposals came to hand at the right time ; there were pressures from bodies such as the Magistrates ' Association and the Justices ' Clerks ; while the prospect of legislation prompted a clearing out of the pigeon holes of Whitehall . |
| 8 | This Committee comprises three members of the Board , two lay and two solicitor members from regional duty solicitor committees , two nominees from the Law Society , and one each from the Justices ' Clerks Society , the Magistrates ' Association and the Association of Chief Police Officers . |
| 9 | This piece of furniture has become something of a shibboleth : both the Magistrates ' Association and the National Union of Journalists have said that it should be regarded as sacrosanct . |