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A History of the County of Oxford
… still bore the cost of conveying prisoners to Oxford. 148 Petty crime, including theft, assault, and affray, was dealt … ordered its closure. 159 Inmates, chiefly vagrants, petty criminals, and 'lewd women', seldom numbered more than … in the town, notably the superintendent constable for the petty sessional division, who served also as inspector of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and for the use of the county magistrates, who hold a petty-session for the hundred on the first Friday in every … here; manorial courts occur as occasion requires, and petty-sessions are held on the first and third Tuesdays in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and October 2nd, for cattle and all sorts of merchandise. Petty-sessions are held every Tuesday; and a court leet and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… before the beginning of the 19th century when dame or 'petty' schools were recorded. 76 A Sunday school, started in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Plomesgate, Wilford, and Thredling, are held here; and petty-sessions take place every Wednesday. The powers of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… jury of between 12 and 18 made presentments for the usual petty offences, including encroachments on the waste, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which is extensively used for earthenware and fire-bricks. Petty-sessions are held once a fortnight at the Potters' Arms …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the two annual general sessions and in regular petty sessions; their powers, conferred in 1453 and further … and John Cary. 4 By the early 17th century all except petty crimes were referred to the county magistrates after … but was usually represented by the town clerk. 8 In petty sessions the mayor and one or two justices dealt …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of maltreatment of tenants, meanness over charities, and petty reprisals such as banning the rector from the park. 23 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… every Monday and Friday at the King's Arms hotel; and a petty-session for the division takes place at the Green Man, …