NCJ Number
46673
Date Published
1977
Length
531 pages
Annotation
THIS HANDBOOK FOR LOWER COURTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES ASSEMBLES APPLICABLE STATUTES DEALING WITH CRIMINAL TOPICS, TOGETHER WITH OUTLINES OF PROPER FORM FOR A HEARING AND THE SENTENCING POWERS OF MAGISTRATES.
Abstract
LAY AND STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES DEAL WITH 98 PERCENT OF ALL CRIMINAL CASES IN ENGLAND AND WALES. TO PROVIDE AN AUTHORITATIVE REFERENCE WORK FOR THESE SMALL COURTS. THIS WORK DEALS WITH THE BODY OF STATUTORY PROVISIONS, REGULATIONS, AND JUDICIAL DECISIONS GOVERNING THE PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND POWERS OF MAGISTRATES' COURTS. EACH CHAPTER DEALS WITH ONE ASPECT OF LAW AND CONTAINS A BRIEF DIGEST OF THE LAW, FOLLOWED BY THE APPLICABLE STATUTES SET OUT IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, FOLLOWED BY COMMENTARY AND RELEVANT JUDICIAL DECISIONS. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE PROCESS TO COMPEL APPEARANCE; PROCESS OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION; JURISDICTION; SELECTION OF PROCEDURE; COMMITTAL FOR TRIAL; SUMMARY TRIAL; WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE; REMANDS AND BAIL; JUVENILES; CORPORATIONS; SENTENCING; IMPRISONMENT; COMMITTAL FOR SENTENCE; DETENTION FOR SHORT PERIODS; BORSTAL TRAINING (A WORKING SENTENCE FOR JUVENILES); ATTENDANCE CENTERS; DETENTION CENTERS; FINES; PROBATIONS, SUPERVISION, AND DISCHARGE; COMMUNITY SERVICE; MEDICAL TREATMENT; COMPENSATION, RESTITUTION, AND OTHER ORDERS AFFECTING PROPERTY; DRIVERS LICENSES; DEPORTATION; COSTS; PREVENTIVE JUSTICE (PEACE BONDS, SURETY BONDS); APPEAL; LEGAL AID DISQUALIFICATION OF JUSTICES AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF MAGISTRATES' COURTS; AND THE MAGISTRATES' COURTS RULES PASSED BY PARLIAMENT IN 1968. APPENDIXES GIVE COMMENTARIES ON ALL ACTS APPLICABLE TO A MAGISTRATE'S COURT, A LIST OF INDICTABLE OFFENSES WHICH MAY BE GIVEN SUMMARY TRIAL, THE CLASSIFICATION OF VARIOUS CIVIL AND CRIMINAL OFFENSES WITH COURT OF PROPER JURISDICTION, PROCEDURES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING ATTACHMENTS OF EARNINGS, A DISCUSSION OF THE JURISDICTION OF THE LONDON MAGISTRATES' COURTS IN CRIMINAL CASES, THE ENDORSEMENT CODE FOR DRIVING LICENSES, AND CIVIL PROCEDURES. THE TEXT IS INDEXED AND CONTAINS TABLES OF STATUTES, OF RULES AND REGULATIONS LISTED, AND OF CASES CITED. (GLR)