Don't know if anyone is able to help, but I am trying to find out if there
was a limit to the length of time an accused person could be held on
remand in 1919/20.
If its relevant, the case had been brought before the Petty Sessions in
Sept 1919 and they were remanded for trial at the Quarter Sessions ( the
charge was burglary)

I am rather hoping that the length of time between the two hearings was
relatively short as I am going to look through the archived minute books
at the weekend and it spans 15 years :-)

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On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:05:02 +0000, "Tickettyboo"
wrote:

Don't know if anyone is able to help, but I am trying to find out if there
was a limit to the length of time an accused person could be held on
remand in 1919/20.
If its relevant, the case had been brought before the Petty Sessions in
Sept 1919 and they were remanded for trial at the Quarter Sessions ( the
charge was burglary)

I am rather hoping that the length of time between the two hearings was
relatively short as I am going to look through the archived minute books
at the weekend and it spans 15 years :-)

I'm not sure if there was a legal limit, but people were normally
tried at the first sessions after the remand, or the second at the
latest. Things moved a lot faster then; six to eight weeks from arrest
to trial was usual.

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On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:05:02 +0000, "Tickettyboo"
wrote:

Don't know if anyone is able to help, but I am trying to find out if
there was a limit to the length of time an accused person could be
held on remand in 1919/20.

I'm not sure if there was a legal limit, but people were normally
tried at the first sessions after the remand, or the second at the
latest. Things moved a lot faster then; six to eight weeks from arrest
to trial was usual.

Thank you.
It would seem that the Quarter Session trial would have been in that time
span as I now have reason to believe that the accused person was back
going about his normal business just over 8 weeks after the original Petty
Sessions hearing when the remand was declared ( unsure if that is the
right term ) . Hopefully it wont take me too long to find it in the minute
books and find what I suspect will be a Not Guilty verdict.

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