Sessions House, Peterborough
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The Sessions House is a former judicial building in Thorpe Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The building, which was the main courthouse for the Soke of Peterborough and is currently unused
Sessions House, Peterborough
Assizes
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The assizes, or courts of assize, were periodic courts held around England until 1972, when together with the quarter sessions they were abolished by the Courts Act 1971 and replaced by a single perma
Sessions House, Peterborough
…siting as the court of quarter sessions, had powers to try more serious cases: such powers were normally only exercised by the judges sitting in the courts of assize rather than by a mere magistrates' court. The Liberty of Peterborough Constabulary, which was formed in 1857, also established its headquarters in the…
Devizes Assize Court, Northgate Street, Devizes, Wiltshire, England