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	Court of Quarter Sessions - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In a county he is appointed by a standing joint-committee of the quarter sessions and the county council, and has charge of, and responsibility for, the records and documents of the county subject to the directions of the custos rotulorum or the quarter sessions or the county council (Local Govt.
		Under that act and the act of 1882 a grant of quarter sessions to a city or borough is made by the crown in council on petition of the town council.
		In Ireland quarter sessions courts are held before a salaried officer once styled the assistant barrister and now chairman, who is usually also judge of a civil bill court (the Irish county court), or recorder of a neighbouring city or borough.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Court_of_Quarter_Sessions (2202 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Courts of Quarter Sessions or Quarter Sessions were periodic courts held in each county and county borough in England and Wales until 1972, when together with the Assize courts they were abolished by the Courts Act 1971 and replaced by a single permanent Crown Court of England and Wales.
		The Quarter Sessions derive their name from the fact that they were required by a statute of 1388 to be held at least four times a year.
		The Quarter Sessions generally heard crimes which could not be tried summarily by the Justices of the Peace without a jury in petty sessions, which were sent up by the process of indictment to be heard in Quarter Sessions.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Quarter_Sessions (412 words)

	quarter - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Quarter Horse, breed of riding and sprint-racing horse.
		As the first all-American breed, the quarter horse is the essential, all-around horse of the...
		Quarter Tone, in music, an interval, half that of a semitone.
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	Quarter Sessions
		The Courts of Quarter Sessions date back to 1363 when Keepers of the Peace were formally called Justices and empowered to meet four times a year.
		County Quarter Sessions were held in all counties in England and Wales (except Middlesex) which for this area would have been the Staffordshire Quarter Sessions whose records are held at Staffordshire Record Office.
		Pre or post trial lists of the persons accused of crimes to be tried at a court hearing including details of the crime and previous convictions, as well as the prisoner's name (sometimes including aliases), age, trade, sometimes their degree of literacy, and the verdict.
	www.wolverhamptonarchives.dial.pipex.com /quart_sess.htm (280 words)

	Quarter Sessions
		The Courts of Quarter Sessions were the meetings of two or more Justices of the Peace to hear and determine criminal cases, to remit capital offences (or other serious felonies) to the next Assize Court, and to administer local government.
		Huntingdonshire and Peterborough Quarter Sessions continued as separate judicial courts until 1964, when a new Commission of the Peace was issued, creating one court for both areas.
		Quarter Sessions records are public records as defined in the Public Records Act 1958.
	www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk /leisure/archives/holdings/q_s/quartersessions.htm (624 words)

	GenBook67
		The Court of Quarter Sessions was composed of three or more of the men who had been elected to serve as justices of the peace in the various townships that made up the county.
		It was during that second session, held on 16 July, 1771, that the new county’s first criminal offense was heard and judged by the justices in attendance.
		The word courts in the title of clerk of courts refers to the court of oyer and terminer and the court of quarter sessions, despite the fact that neither the term court of quarter sessions nor that of oyer and terminer are used much at the present time.
	www.motherbedford.com /GenBook67.htm (2217 words)

	Records of the Caernarfonshire Quarter Sessions, 1546-1795 :: Gathering the Jewels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Quarter Sessions were established as a result of the 1536 Act of Union when the Office of Justice of the Peace was introduced into Wales.
		The records of the Caernarfonshire Quarter Sessions are the oldest records of their type to have survived in Wales, and date from 1541.
		Although the proceedings of the Quarter Sessions relate mainly to the administration of law and order, they are also concerned with subjects such as the building and maintenance of roads, bridges and public buildings, licensing, and the administration of poor relief.
	www.gtj.org.uk /item.php?lang=en&id=10263&t=10 (178 words)

	Quarter Session Records
		Quarter Sessions records contain a wealth of information that can add colour and texture to an ancestor’s life and turn the names and dates on a family tree into real people with real lives.
		The Quarter Sessions continued as criminal courts until 1971 when the County Court judicial system was implemented.
		From the 16th century onwards Petty Sessions were held for specific areas or divisions of a county, and separately in boroughs.
	www.gmcro.co.uk /cs/quarter_sessions.htm (967 words)

	State Records NSW - Quarter Sessions Cases 1824-37
		The Clerk of the Peace acted as registrar to the Quarter Sessions court and was responsible for prosecutions in criminal matters.
		The Quarter Sessions court was an intermediate court with greater powers than the local court or bench but not as great as the Supreme Court.
		In 1973 the courts of Quarter Sessions were abolished and a criminal jurisdiction conferred on the District Court.
	www.records.nsw.gov.au /archives/quarter_sessions_cases_1824-37_1686.asp (388 words)

	Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Court of General Quarter Sessions (hereafter Sessions) was established in New Jersey in 1675 and redefined as a county court in 1682.
		As a consequence of the 1947 New Jersey Constitution, Sessions was officially abolished in 1948.
		These volumes consist of the minutes for the Court of General Quarter Sessions from 1667 to 1948, with gaps in the 18th and 19th centuries.
	www.visitmonmouth.com /archives/lgquartr.asp (345 words)

	County Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The court also served as the governing body of the county, responsible for the appointment and qualification of local officials, levying of local taxes, expenditure of public funds, granting of licenses (tavern keepers, ferry operators, and peddlers), registration of stock marks, paternity inquisitions, and emancipation and manumission of slaves.
		Courts of pleas and quarter sessions were abolished by the Constitution of 1868.
		The judicial functions devolved to county superior courts and justices of the peace courts; the probate function was vested in the clerk of superior court; and administrative responsibilities were inherited by the newly created boards of county commissioners.
	www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us /archives/records_county.htm (4479 words)

	Cyngor Sir Powys County Council: Quarter Sessions
		The court of quarter sessions was the meeting of the justices of the peace for the county; it derived its name from the fact that it was held four times a year, at Epiphany, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas.
		VIII, c.26), and courts of quarter sessions and the office of justice of the peace were introduced in them by a subsequent Act in 1543 (34 and 35 Hen.
		Finally, under the Courts Act of 1971 quarter sessions and assizes were replaced by crown courts administered by central government.
	www.powys.gov.uk /index.php?id=1038 (363 words)

	Ancestry.com - Quarter Sessions Among the English Parish Record Collection Part Three: Quarter Sessions Records and ...
		To the Overseers of the Poor of the Township of Namptwich [sic].
		A quick check of the holdings of the LDS Family History Library shows that microfilm copies of quarter sessions records of Cheshire can be viewed on microfilm, but the parish chest records of the overseers of the poor begin after 1729 in both locations.
		Keep in mind that what is found among quarter sessions records on the English Parish Record CDs is either in the form of a finding aid or just a part of the record.
	ancestry.com /library/view/news/articles/6091.asp (860 words)

	Halau Hei Ka HeiHei O Na Keiki
		As we progressed from session to session it became apparent that na keiki (the children) were truly interested and capable of doing the work involved.
		As the quarter drew to a close we were asked to continue on a weekly basis to which we agreed and the pace quickened.
		The halau quarter sessions last 10 sessions and cost $50.00 payable in advance and drop-in sessions are $10.00.
	www.stringfigure.com /Halau/index.html (286 words)

	Lamson & Sessions First-Quarter 2002 Earnings Conference Call To Be Broadcast Live Via the Web
		Second, the Company significantly reduced its operating expense base in 2001, and this is the first quarter where this improvement is clearly evident in comparison with the prior-year period.
		In the first quarter of 2001, the Company reported net income of $696,000, or 5 cents per diluted share, which reflected the benefit of a litigation settlement having an after-tax effect of $976,000, or 7 cents per diluted share.
		The first quarter 2001 operating loss in the PVC Pipe segment includes a net gain of $1.6 million from a litigation settlement.
	www.lamson-sessions.com /news_apr2402.htm (1089 words)

	COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		General Sessions had the power to issue indictments and arrest a suspect involved in a capital crime, but the case itself was tried in Oyer and Terminer.
		Beginning in 1789, slaves were tried for capital crimes in the Court of General Sessions instead of the Court for the Trial of Negroes (see RG 2811, 3811, and 4811), free fls convicted of a felony could not be sold without a license obtained from the Court of General Sessions or the Supreme Court.
		Delinquents brought before the Court of General Sessions in Kent and Sussex counties could be remanded for trial to the New Castle County Juvenile Court until 1933 when a Juvenile Court for the lower counties was established.
	www.state.de.us /sos/dpa/collections/aghist/2805.shtml (1864 words)

	Yorkshire Museums of Law and Order at Ripon -Courthouse Museum
		The museum is housed in the former Quarter Sessions Courthouse built in 1830 to replace its mediaeval predecessor and the interior of the courtroom has not changed much since then.
		After Quarter Sessions ceased in 1953 the court continued as a Magistrates Court until it closed in 1998.
		He was the first Chairman of Petty Sessions, supervised the Poor Law as first Chairman of the Poor Law Guardians and was a member of the committee responsible for building the Prison in 1816 together with this building in 1830.
	www.riponmuseums.co.uk /html/courthouse.html (492 words)

	St Keverne Cornwall Quarter Sessions Order Books 1743 to 1835
		Complaint by St Keverne against George John, lately committed to bridewell, for leaving his family chargeable to the parish: held that George John is a rogue and vagabond, and that he be held in bridewell f or 6 months, receiving the correction of the house once a month.
		Thomas Vyvyan of Kestel, Manaccan, esq., lord of the manor of St Keverne als Lanhaverne, nominated Nicholas Vyvyan of Manaccan, gent., 20 Sep. 1784.
		Recognizances of Henry/?Newy Treleggan of Mawnan and of Richard Roberts of St. Keverne for appearance of John Roberts in bastardy: discharged.
	www.st-keverne.com /history/records/quarter_sessions.html (4664 words)

	RedOrbit - Science - Lamson & Sessions Fourth Quarter Net Sales and Earnings Strength Exceeds Previous Estimate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Company expects record net sales of approximately $143 million for the fourth quarter of 2005, an increase of 10 percent over the high end of its previous estimate of $125 million to $130 million and a 47 percent increase over the $97 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2004.
		Net income for the year is anticipated to reach $26.5 million to $27.0 million, or $1.76 to $1.79 per diluted share, compared with $6.1 million, or 43 cents per diluted share, from continuing operations reported in 2004.
		In the first quarter of 2006, the availability of PVC resin has returned to normal levels, and end market demand is currently reflecting seasonally lower activity.
	www.redorbit.com /news/science/359887/lamson__sessions_fourth_quarter_net_sales_and_earnings_strength/index.html?source=r_science (567 words)

	North Carolina County Government
		Justices of the peace were also responsible for appointing a clerk of court, a register of deeds, a county attorney, a county trustee (treasurer), a surveyor, and overseers or wardens of the poor.
		The court was responsible for probate, dower, guardianships, and the administration of estates and had jurisdiction in criminal cases in which the punishment did not extend to life, limb, or member.
		The wide appointive powers of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions were not transferred to the board of county commissioners.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /NC/CNTYOUT/PRECOUNT.HTM (5053 words)

	GENUKI/Devon: Calendars of Prisoners
		In accordance with a statute of 1388, Quarter Sessions [QS's] were held as their name implies 'Quarterly': at Easter, Trinity [MidSummer], Michaelmas, and Epiphany [January].
		The Sessions were presided over by the Sheriff of the County or his Deputy.
		As can be seen from the transcriptions, the papers give a general description of the proceedings; the name[s] of the malefactors; committal Justice[s] of the Peace; charges brought against the prisoner; in some cases names of aggrieved persons and/or witnesses, and perhaps marginal notes identifying the outcome of the case; e.g.
	genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk /DEV/CourtRecords/Prisoners.html (623 words)

	Quarter Sessions Court, Clerk of
		Throughout the eighteenth century, Quarter Sessions was gradually assigned such county housekeeping functions as the opening of roads or bridges, appointing and auditing the accounts of various county officers and punishing those guilty of misfeasance, the establishment of election districts, and the licensing of taverns, hackneys, draymen, and peddlers.
		Although the Quarter Sessions Court functions became part of the Court of Common Pleas in 1968, the office of Clerk of Quarter Sessions remained as a functioning office, responsible for the trial division of the Court of Common Pleas and for the Municipal Court.
		In 1803 and 1834, respectively, Quarter Sessions was assigned power to erect townships and boroughs, and in 1873 was given the function of creating and changing the boundaries of City wards.
	www.phila.gov /phils/Docs/Inventor/graphics/agencies/A021.htm (701 words)

	Archives of Ontario: Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
		During 1788-1850, southern Ontario was divided into Districts, each having a Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace presided over by local justices of the peace.
		Only a fraction of the surviving General Quarter Sessions of the Peace records have been microfilmed.
		As well, between 1793-1799, the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace sat alternately at Cornwall and Johnstown (Edwardsburg Township).
	www.archives.gov.on.ca /english/interloan/c-qtrses.htm (1243 words)

	COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS
		These courts, known as the Courts of Quarter Sessions for New Castle County, for Kent County, and for Sussex County, were presided over by the Associate Judge of each county’s Superior Court.
		The courts had the same cognizable powers as the Courts of General Sessions, and appeals from these courts were heard by the Courts of General Sessions.
		Jurisdiction for assaults and batteries, tavern and liquor sales licenses violations, disturbances of the peace at religious meetings, nuisances, and horse racing was removed from the Courts of General Sessions and given to the new Courts of Quarter Sessions.
	www.state.de.us /sos/dpa/collections/aghist/12806.shtml (291 words)

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