assizes

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As the last person to see her alive, Jones was arrested and put on trial at Monmouth Assizes.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2019

The trial of 24-year-old Evans and Allen, who was 21, began on 23 June at Manchester Assizes.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2014

Browning was tried on 29 November 1876 at the Norwich Assizes.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2013

After they had brought in a verdict of guilty in Manchester Assizes last week, a horror-struck jury of townsfolk and farmers were rewarded in a manner almost unprecedented in the annals of British justice.

From Time Magazine Archive

My case was set down for the last session of the Court of Assizes, and that session was due to end some time in June.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus