When a particular person is convicted of a significant offences in the Magistrates Court or the Supreme Court, the court is required to impose a compensation levy under the Victims of Crime Compensation Act 1994. Preliminary hearing A hearing in the High Court of Justiciary in solemn proceedings to choose if the case is ready to go for trial. Court of summary jurisdiction This is a court sitting devoid of a jury hearing summary criminal proceedings on summary complaint. Act and warrant The interlocutor in sequestration proceedings which confirms the appointment of the trustee. Around 1712 the Proceedings began to incorporate some verbatim testimony, particularly in trials which have been thought to be salacious, amusing, or otherwise entertaining.

Because everyone tried at the Old Bailey was a prisoner in Newgate at the time, all Old Bailey defendants need to be located in the Criminal Registers, but the reverse is not … Read the rest >>>