magistrate
Example Sentences
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He has had six custodial sentences, including three for unspecified crimes in magistrates' courts in the 1990s, the Ministry of Justice said.
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It delivered some of its cuts by shutting court rooms, and by 2022, eight crown court centres and more than 160 magistrates courts were gone, according to ministerial answers to parliamentary questions.
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He is due to appear before Oxford magistrates on Thursday.
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The five suspects appeared before a magistrate on Saturday and remain in custody.
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Moore, who had a plea of not guilty entered by the court magistrate on his behalf, was released on bond after spending two nights in police custody.
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