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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… commences in January, and ends in April. A court of petty-session was formerly held every alternate month, at … Great quantities of grain were formerly shipped from the harbour of this place, which was the chief port, on the south … Sound. Here the shore of Unst forms a fine and safe inland harbour, stretching east to west about two miles, protected …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of worship for Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans. The petty-sessions for the Bainton-Beacon division are held here … of the quarter-sessions for the county was formerly, and a petty-session for the hundred of High Peak on the first and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… at Bambrough Castle, the improvement of Sunderland harbour (for which 5000 have been paid out of the funds), and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the eastern and the other the western; the justices in petty-sessions for the former division meet at Witney, and … has been issued to four justices, who hold a court of petty-session every Monday; and a court of general sessions … Blackwater. A fair is held on the 22nd of June; and the petty-sessions for the hundred are held here on alternate …
A History of the County of Oxford
… employed by the Paving and Lighting Commission, the 4 petty constables, and 2 newly appointed police constables …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… subsequently erected, on the heights immediately above the harbour, at an expense of 400, defrayed by the inhabitants; … to civil pleas not exceeding 25, and to the trial of petty offences, for which they hold courts as occasion may … to the procurator-fiscal and sheriff of the county, and petty misdemeanours are punished by temporary confinement; a …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of the typical Caribbean pattern of a sugar monoculture, petty capitalism and slavery. It is for this reason that most …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… day has nearly fallen into disuse. The magistrates hold a petty-session once in every month; and a baronial court for … of Chester, 10 miles (S. E. by S.) from Chester. The petty-sessions for the hundred are held here. Barningham (St. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Dodworth is held annually by the steward, and a court of petty-sessions every Wednesday by the magistrates of …