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208:, the jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice was transferred in Northern Ireland to the High Court of Northern Ireland and judges of that Court now sat at Assizes. The Assizes, and the Belfast City Commission, were abolished under the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 and replaced by a single 229: 81: 233: 112:
which elsewhere were held by the assizes. Technically there were separate city and county commissions; the same judges sat on each, but the
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would decide if there was sufficient evidence to justify a trial. If such evidence existed, the magistrate would issue a bill of
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formally presided at the city commission's opening. The Commission Court sat six times a year, latterly at
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In Dublin city and county, there were no assizes. Until 1729 serious criminal trials were held at the
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The assizes had jurisdiction outside Dublin over the most serious criminal offences, such as
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and murder. Persons accused of these crimes would first come before the
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until 1978). They have now been abolished in both jurisdictions.
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Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland
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assizes
court
Ireland
Northern Ireland
treason
petty sessions
justice of the peace
resident magistrate
indictment
grand jury
Court of King's Bench
Judicature (Ireland) Acts
High Court of Justice in Ireland
Court of King's Bench
oyer and terminer
gaol delivery
Lord Mayor of Dublin
Green Street Court House
Belfast
county borough
Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898
Northern Ireland
Government of Ireland Act 1920
Denis Henry
Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
Courts of Northern Ireland
Irish Free State
Courts of Justice Act, 1924
treason
High Court

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