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dele "in cases of misdemeanor.”

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THE

JURISDICTION AND PRACTICE

OF

The Court of Quarter Sessions.

In this little Work, I intend to treat of the Court of Quarter Sessions, its jurisdiction and practice,-First, generally; Secondly, as a Court for the trial of offences, by Jury; Thirdly, as a Court of Original Jurisdiction, in other matters; and Fourthly, as a Court of Appeal.

CHAPTER I.

The Jurisdiction and Practice of the Court of Quarter Sessions,

generally.

The Court of General or General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, is an ancient Court, established in this country in the reign of Edward III. and continued to the present day, for the trial of felonies, and of those misdemeanors and other matters, which justices of the peace, by virtue of their commission or otherwise, may lawfully hear and determine.-Vide infra. It is a Court of Record. But although authority is given to the justices, by their commission, to " hear and determine," the Court is not in strictness a Court of oyer and terminer; and an authority given by statute to a Court of oyer and terminer, expressly and by name, would not extend to the Quarter Sessions.-Hal. Sum. 165. The Court is styled the General [Quarter] Sessions of the Peace : when holden quarterly, at the usual times appointed for that purpose, they are styled the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace; when holden otherwise, the General Sessions of the Peace. This, however, makes no distinction in the authority or jurisdiction of the Court, except in cases where the jurisdiction is given by a statute, and is thereby expressly given to the Court

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