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	Assize Court - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Courts of Assize, or Assizes, were periodic criminal courts held around England and Wales until 1972, when together with the Quarter Sessions they were abolished by the Courts Act 1971 and replaced by a single permanent Crown Court.
		The Assizes heard the most serious cases, which were committed to it by the Quarter Sessions (local county courts held four times a year), while the more minor offences were dealt with summarily by Justices of the Peace in petty sessions (also known as magistrates' courts).
		By the Assize of Clarendon of 1136, King Henry II established trial by jury by a grand assize of sixteen men in land disputes, and provided for itinerant justices to set up county courts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Assizes (687 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Assizes of Jerusalem
		Assize is the English form of the word, and used in the plural, assizes, it denotes a court.
		The "Assizes of Jerusalem" (les assises de Jerusalem) are the code of laws enacted by the Crusaders for the government of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
		Thus we have the "Assizes of Antioch", the "Assizes of Rumania", legal regulations for the Latin principality of Antioch and for the Latin Empire of Constantinople.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02001a.htm (586 words)

	Arlon Trial - March 2004
		The court of assizes is a court of law composed by both professional judges and citizens, that judges the most serious and delicate offences.
		At the end of the joint deliberations by the judges of the court of assizes and the jury on the sentence to inflict, the court renders its arrest.
		This decision is taken on the basis of a certain number of questions put to the jury by the president of the court of assizes after hearing the witnesses, the pleading of the parties and the prosecution’s charge.
	www.just.fgov.be /proces-arlon/en (2245 words)

	CIRCUIT - LoveToKnow Article on CIRCUIT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Subsequently Maidstone and Guildford were united under the revived name of the Home circuit for the purpose of the summer and winter assizes, and the assizes in these towns were held by one of the judges of the Western circuit, who, after disposing of the business there, rejoined his colleague in Exeter.
		The autumn assizes are regulated by acts of 2876 and 1877 (Winter Assizes Acts 1876 and 1877), and orders of council made under the former act.
		The Easter assizes are held in April and May on two circuits only, viz, at Manchester and Liverpool on the Northern and at Leeds on the North-Eastern.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CI/CIRCUIT.htm (2944 words)

	Bloody Assizes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bloody Assizes were a series of trials in September 1685 in the aftermath of the Battle of Sedgemoor, which ended the Monmouth Rebellion in England.
		King James II sent the infamous Judge Jeffreys to round up and try the defeated supporters of the rebel Duke of Monmouth.
		The ruthlessness of the event resulted in the name of the "Bloody Assizes".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bloody_Assizes (122 words)

	Assizes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The assizes date back to the 12th century and by the middle of the 16th century they had developed six circuits under the control of the Clerk of the Assize.
		The court normally met twice a year in each county in Lent and Summer, but by the middle of the 19th century a third Winter circuit was introduced to cope with the number of cases.
		The Assize Courts were only abolished in 1971 when they were replaced by Crown Courts (in Manchester and Liverpool this had already occurred from 1956).
	www.wolverhamptonarchives.dial.pipex.com /assizes.htm (298 words)

	Assizes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The assizes as well as being an important factor of the law and order of the city, were also a huge event for the entire town.
		It was becoming clear that Lancaster assizes could not cope with the huge rise in crime in Lancashire, especially since the town is not conveniently situated for the major industrial centres of Manchester and Liverpool which accounted for the largest number of civial and criminal cases.
		The formation of the Manchester assizes in 1864 added to the decline of Lancaster as a major assize town, although it was not until 1971 that the Lancaster assizes were demoted to the status of a third tier Crown Court, marking the end of an eight hundred year tradition.
	www.lancs.ac.uk /users/history/studpages/lanchistory/assizes.htm (688 words)

	Clonmel Assizes 1829
		This is partly a transcription in " quotation marks " and a summary - without quotation marks - of the Criminal Assizes in Clonmel in March 1829.
		The assizes at Clonmel in March that year were held for eight days and cover cases from all over County Tipperary.
		The assizes tried more serious cases than the Petit Sessions and were held eight times a year, twice each in Nenagh, Thurles, Clonmel and Cashel.
	www.rootsweb.com /~irltip2/assizes_1829.htm (3879 words)

	Bloody Assizes - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Bloody Assizes were the series of trials in the aftermath of the Battle of Sedgemoor, which ended the Monmouth Rebellion in England.
		James II of England sent the infamous Judge Jeffreys to round up and try the defeated supporters of the rebel Duke of Monmouth.
		About 1300 people were found guilty, who were then transported abroad, while some suffered drawing and quartering.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Bloody_Assizes (94 words)

	The Assizes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Juries for civil disputes could also be summoned before the assize judges, by writs of nisi prius, in order to avoid the cost and difficulty in convening 12 people to give their verdict at Westminster.
		In addition to their judgment of crimes and adjudication of suits, the assize judges were also responsible for announcing, supervising, and enforcing various administrative orders from the king and Privy Council.
		Deliberately cultivating pomp and solemnity, the judges served to reinforce the authority and dignity of the crown in the counties.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /courses/hgarrett/documents/assizes.html (165 words)

	Men of Bad Character: the Witham Fires of the 1820s - Full text
		Assizes were held before judges, and Quarter Sessions before a bench of county magistrates.
		Otherwise in Essex the suspects went to the next court, whether it was Assizes or Quarter Sessions, unless there was a potential penalty of death or transportation for life, in which case they waited for the Assizes.
		At Assizes they were 'gentlemen of the county', usually in effect magistrates, whilst at Quarter Sessions they came from the panel of summoned jurors, customarily from its wealthier ranks.
	www.gyford.com /janet/books/menofbadcharacter/fulltext/trial (766 words)

	Search:assizes - OXiDE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The "Assizes of Jerusalem" (les assises de Jerusalem) are the code of laws enacted by the Crus...
		Assizes (1685), in English history, the trials conducted in the west of England by the chief justice, George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem, and four other judges after the abor...
		Assize Court Chambers is a set of Barristers' Chambers, established in 1967.
	www.assizes.com (364 words)

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		These findings are based on the expert opinion submitted to the Court of Assizes by Dr. Helmut Kraunsnick, director of the Institute for Contemporary History (Institute fur Zeitgeschichte) in Munich.
		In view of the foregoing, it would be scientifically admissible to estimate the total number of persons killed in Treblinka at a minimum of 700,000.
		The court of Assizes sees no reason to question the opinion of this expert, who is known in the scholarly world for his studies on the National Socialist persecution of the Jews.
	www.shamash.org /holocaust/denial/treblinka.txt (815 words)

	"Assize, Assizes" Defined
		The name of assize was also given to a remedy for the restitution of a freehold, of which the complainant had been disseised.
		Assizes were of four kinds: Mort d'ancestor Novel Disseisin Darrien Presentment; and Utrum.
		The final judgment for the plaintiff in an assize of Novel Disseisin, is, that he recover per visum recognitorum, and it is sufficiently certain.
	www.lectlaw.com /def/a216.htm (195 words)

	Regional News of Friday, 30 July 2004
		Mr Justice Clemence J. Honyenugah, the Assizes Judge, made this known at the closing session in Sekondi on Friday.
		He expressed his appreciation to lawyers, jurors, and judicial staff, the Police, media and prison officers for their respective roles in making the session a success.
		The Assizes Judge said, peace and stability should not be compromised, and that, armed robbers should not be allowed to suppress this right.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/regional/artikel.php?ID=62956 (307 words)

	Federal Union \| Convention prototype
		The fact that they did so, and concluded with a Declaration approved by an overwhelming majority (150 to 13) in which their expectations of the IGC were clearly expressed, was highly significant in shaping the agenda of the IGC.
		Although the meeting was formally entitled "Conference of the Parliaments of the European Community", the term "Assizes" soon gained usage in ordinary conversation despite its ambiguous meaning in the English language at least.
		The political groupings met before or after the daily sittings of the Assizes in order to consider jointly their position on different questions, not least the final declaration and amendments thereto.
	www.federalunion.org.uk /europe/assizes.shtml (1794 words)

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		The assizes were held twice each year from the 13th century to 1971 in each county, grouped into a number of circuits.
		The assize records are not indexed by personal name: instead, they are arranged by assize circuit, and then by record type To find a particular case, you must know the name of accused; the county or circuit where he/she was tried and the approximate date of the trial.
		Survival of assize records is patchy, as the clerks of assize, who kept them, tended to destroy them when their bulk became too much.
	www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk /Leaflets/ri2231.htm (1036 words)

	February Criminal Assizes Open with 28 Cases Down for Hearing
		Among the homicide cases are three murder cases, two cases of man slaughter, one case of attempted murder and one case of death by dangerous driving.
		The criminal assizes will also hear twelve cases of violence ranging from grievous harm, using a cutlass, knife or fire arm with intent to cause wounds.
		She went on to explain the comparatively small number of homicides cases on this year’s list, as compared to actual incidents over the past years.
	www.stlucia.gov.lc /pr2004/february/february_criminal_assizes_open_with_28_cases_down_for_hearing.htm (319 words)

	Crime and punishment in the 1800's
		George Houdlass, convicted at Lammas Assizes, 1815, of mare stealing.—Ordered to be transported for the term of his natural life.
		James Donnington, convicted at the same Assizes of stealing a lamb.—Ordered to be transported for seven years.
		Samuel Brown, convicted at the same Assizes of steal ing a mare.—Ordered to be transported for the term of his natural life.
	www.wuff.me.uk /assizes/P5.html (1421 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: The Assizes of Bread, Beer, & Lucrum Pistoris
		The Assize of Bread and Beer (including the Lucrum Pistoris), only takes the form found in the printed Statutes of the Realm in 6% of all Common Law English statute books written up to 1350.
		More often the three component parts, the Assize of Bread, the Assize of Beer, and the Lucrum Pistoris, appear alone in the statute books as separate instruments.
		Assisa Panis (Assize of Bread): When a Quarter of Wheat is sold for 12d., then Wastel Bread of a farthing shall weigh £6 and 16s.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/breadbeer.html (756 words)

	High Ash CoE School
		It would seem the Judges liked to keep their feet dry, as it is suggested that one of the reasons Little Brickhill was chosen, was because it is located on sand rather than clay!.
		The Assizes were held at the Old Malting, which still exists, known now as Warren Farm.
		Although none of the records of the Little Brickhill Assizes survive, it seems the justice was often very severe.
	clutch.open.ac.uk /schools/highash01/LB_assizes.html (291 words)

	Louth Assizes 1793-99
		At the beginning of the assizes, there were to be tried 120 persons, most of whom were Defenders.
		Many erroneous fragments of the business transacted at the above mentioned assizes having appeared in some of the Dublin newspapers, we think it necessary to give the following particulars which may be depended upon as a true statement of the proceedings.
		Byrne, a person of respectability, convicted at the last assizes there of circulating seditious papers, and sentenced to be imprisoned and fined 500L – pleaded his Majesty’s pardon for the imprisonment, but paid the fine, and was enlarged.
	jbhall.freeservers.com /louth_assizes_1793-99.htm (4581 words)

	Shepton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although Jeffreys used the semblance of justice, his "Bloody Assizes" operated on similar principles to Kirke's cruelties.
		A woman called Elisabeth Gaunt had the grisly distinction of being the last woman to be burnt in England for political crimes.
		It was little consolation to those who suffered, but the Bloody Assize became a powerful propaganda weapon against James II.
	www.strum.co.uk /twilight/shepton5.htm (317 words)

	Friday 11th February 2005 - Waterford, 1811: The “Whiteboy Assizes” - WLRfm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In February 1811 Waterford was honoured with a visit from Lord Norbury, the ferocious judge remembered in Irish history for executing Robert Emmet. He presided at three cases of agrarian outrage.
		Then, having left instructions that if there was any further trouble the hostages were to swing, Lord Norbury passed upon his way, satisfied no doubt that he had restored peace to our beloved county.
		The infamous “Whiteboy Assizes”, as they were called, took place in 1811 - on this day.
	www.wlrfm.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=260&Itemid=82 (148 words)

	The Glorious Revolution of 1688 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Bloody Assizes were a series of court sessions held in the West of England after the crushing defeat of Monmouth's Rebellion.
		"Assizes" was a general term for the courts that met outside of London; but Chief Justice George Jeffreys guaranteed that these would be forever known as "Bloody." Most of the top leaders of the Rebellion were able to escape punishment through bribery and favoritism; but as many as 320 were executed.
		Most of those executed had pled guilty under a promise of mercy.
	www.lawsch.uga.edu /~glorious/assizes.html (109 words)

	T.B. Macaulay - History of England, Vol. I, Ch. V (part 6)
		It was also rumoured that, when the clergyman who preached the assize sermon enforced the duty of mercy, the ferocious mouth of the Judge was distorted by an ominous grin.
		Meanwhile the property both of the rebels who had suffered death, and of those more unfortunate men who were withering under the tropical sun, was fought for and torn in pieces by a crowd of greedy informers.
		Bloody Assizes; Locke's Western Rebellion, Humble Petition of Widows and Fatherless Children in the West of England; Panegyric on Lord Jeffreys.
	www.strecorsoc.org /macaulay/m05f.html (9463 words)

	GENUKI: Criminals and Crime, 1830-1851
		They had ingeniously melted down a piece of lead into the form of a mallet, and this, together with some pieces of iron which answered the purpose of chisels, they had used with considerable effect before their purpose was detected on Monday morning.
		The two men Smith and Urwin, who were sentenced at the late Durham assizes to be executed for rape and robbery, received on Friday last, a reprieve on condition of being transported for the term of their lives.
		William Richardson alias Stobie, who was found guilty at the late Northumberland Assizes of stabbing James Macqueen, at Tweedmouth, and sentenced to fourteen years transportation, has had his sentence commuted to imprisonment, on the grounds of "weakness of intellect." He has been returned to Morpeth gaol.
	www.genuki.bpears.org.uk /Crime1.html (4467 words)

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