SIR JAMES FITZJAMES STEPHEN, K.C.S.I., D.C.L.,
A JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT OF SOSTICE, QUEEN'S BENCH

DIVISION,

AND

HERBERT STEPHEN, ESQ., LL.M.,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW,

London:
MACMILLAN AND CO.

1883.

[All Rights Reserved.]

CONTENTS.

PART I.

EXTENT OF THE CRIMINAL LAW WITH REGARD

TO PLACE, PERSONS, AND TIME.

PART II.

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CRIMINAL COURTS.

CHAPTER IV.

THE SUPERIOR CRIMINAL COURTS.

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16. Enumeration of the Superior Criminal Courts

17. The House of Lords

18. The Court of the Lord High Steward

19. Trials for Treason and Misprision in the House of Lords and the

Court of the Lord High Steward

20. Exclusive Jurisdiction of House of Lords in respect of Persons

and Offences

21. Jurisdiction of House of Lords on Impeachment by the House

of Commons

22. The High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division)

23. The Crown Courts at the Assizes

24. Of the Persons to whom the said Commissions are issued. Com-

missions and Writs of Association and Si non Omnes.

25. The Central Criminal Court

26. The Court of the Lord High Admiral

27. Where Courts may sit

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CHAPTER V.

OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE—THEIR QUALIFICATION

AND APPOINTMENT.

28. Duties of a Justice of the Peace

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29. Appointment and Removal of Justices of the Peace

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30. Of the Qualification of County Magistrates

31. Borough Magistrates .

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32. Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrates

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33. Other Stipendiary Magistrates

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34. Persons Disqualified from acting as Justices

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35. Magistrates in the City of London

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36. Magistrates by Charter

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OF COURTS OF QUARTER SESSION.

37. General Quarter Sessions and General Sessions

38. Borough Quarter Sessions

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39. The Jurisdiction of Courts of Quarter Session in Criminal Cases

40. Constitution of the County Courts of Quarter Session

41. Constitution of the Borough Courts of Quarter Session

42. Court to be opened and adjourned by Mayor in Recorder's absence

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CHAPTER VII.

OF CORONERS.

43. Duties of Coroners

44. Different kinds of Coroners

45. Official Coroners

46. Franchise oroners

47. Coroners by Election for Counties

48. Increase of number of Coroners

49. Division of Counties into Coroners' Districts

50. Coroners assigned to Districts

51. Election upon a Vacancy

52. Elections, how held

53. Deputy-Coroner

54. Coroner not to act as Solicitor in cases where Inquest held before

him

55. Salaries of County Coroners

56. Removal of County Coroners

57. Removal of Coroners on Conviction

58. Appointment of Borough Coroners

59. Borough Coroner's Deputy .

60. County Coroners act in Boroughs which have no Coroner

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CHAPTER VIII.

TERRITORIAL DIVISION OF ENGLAND FOR ADMINIS-

TRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

61. Counties and Circuits

62. Assize Counties

63. District of the Central Criminal Court

64. Commissions of the Peace

65. Local Authority of Magistrates depends on their Commissions

66. When County Magistrates excluded by Borough Commission

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CHAPTER IX.

LOCAL JURISDICTION OF THE CRIMINAL COURTS.

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68. The House of Lords on an Impeachment

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