magistrates

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Ajay Pant, a 38-year-old Indian national, appeared via video link at Southampton Magistrates Court.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

Magistrates were persuaded to delay the hearing until Monday.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Magistrates imposed an immediate 34-week jail term to be served concurrently alongside his prison recall period.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

McCarney was remanded in custody to appear back at Enniskillen Magistrates court on Monday 30 March via video link.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

The Magistrates came out in a Body, and falling at his Feet, begg'd for Mercy, and offer'd him a considerable Sum of Money.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von