A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Part 50

Court of the Duchy of Lancaster

A supreme Court of Record, held in Somerset Place, for deciding by the Chancellor of the said Duchy, all matters of Law or Equity belonging to the County Palatine of Lancaster

Quarter Sessions of the Peace

A Court of Record, held by the Justices of the City and Liberty of Westminster, four times a year, at the Guildhall, Westminster, for all Trespa.s.ses, Petty Larcenies, and other small Offences, committed within the City and Liberty

Westminster Court

Or Court Leet, held by the Dean of Westminster or his Steward, for choosing parochial Officers, preventing and removing Nuisances, &c.

Court of Requests, Castle-street, Leicester-square

Held by Commissioners (being respectable Housekeepers) for deciding without appeal, all Pleas for Debts under forty s.h.i.+llings.

For the parishes of St. Margaret, St. John, St. Martin, St. Paul Covent Garden, St.

Clement Danes, St. Mary le Strand, and that part of the Dutchy of Lancaster which joins Westminster

Court of Requests, Vinestreet, Piccadilly

Held in the same manner, and for the same purposes; for the parishes of St. Anne, St. George Hanover-square, and St. James, Westminster

Petty Sessions, or Police Court, held at Bow-street

A Court of Petty Sessions, held by two Magistrates every day, (Sunday excepted) morning and evening, for matters of Police, and various Offences, and Misdemeanors, &c.

Police Court or Petty Sessions, held at Queen-sq. Westminster

A Court of Petty Sessions established by Act of Parliament, held every day, morning & evening, (Sunday excepted) by two Magistrates, for matters of Police, and various Offences, Misdemeanors, &c.

Police Court, or petty Sessions, held at Great Marlborough-str.

The same.

Courts of Justice in that part of the Metropolis, which lies within the County of Middles.e.x.

St. Martins-le-Grand Court

_A Court of Record_, subject to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, held every Wednesday, for the trial of all personal Actions.

The process is by a Capias against the body, or an Attachment against the goods in this particular Liberty

East Smithfield Court

A Court Leet and Court Baron, held for this Liberty, to inquire into Nuisances, &c.--In the Court Baron Pleas are held to the amount of forty s.h.i.+llings

Finsbury Court

A Court Leet held once a year, by a Steward of the Lord-Mayor, as Lord of the Manor of Finsbury, for inquiring into those Nuisances competent for Leet Juries, by ancient usage, and swearing in Constables for the Manor

St. Catherine's Court

Two Courts are competent to be held within this small Precinct, for Actions of Debt and Trespa.s.s, at St. Catherine's near the Tower

Whitechapel Court

A Court held by the Steward of the Manor of Stepney, by whom, and a Jury, are tried Actions of Debt for 5_l._ and under, &c. &c.

Sheriff's Court

For the County of Middles.e.x, for Actions of Debt, Trespa.s.ses, a.s.saults, &c.

Quarter and General sessions of the Peace, and Sessions of Oyer and Terminer

Held by the Justices of the County of Middles.e.x, eight times a year, at the New Sessions House, Clerkenwell Green, for all Trespa.s.ses, Petty Larcenies, Misdemeanors, and other offences, &c. and for Roads, Bridges, and other County Affairs

Petty Sessions or Police Court, established by Act of Parliament

A Court of Petty Sessions, held every morning and evening, (Sunday excepted) by two Magistrates, at the Public Office, in Hatton Garden, for matters of Police and various Offences, Misdemeanors, &c.

Petty Session, or Police Court

At the Public Office, Wors.h.i.+p-street, near Finsbury-square, by two Justices, for objects of Police, &c.

_Idem_

At the Public Office, Lambeth-street, Whitechapel

_Idem_

At the Public Office, High-street, Shadwell

Two Coroner's Courts

For inquiring into causes of sudden death

Court of Requests

Small debts under 40_s._ without appeal, held in Fulwood's Rents, Holborn, for the Division of Finsbury

Court of Requests

For small debts under 40_s._ without appeal, held in Osborn-street, Whitechapel, by Commissioners, under the Act of Parliament, chosen annually by the several Parishes in the Tower Hamlets

General and Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the Liberty of the Tower of London.

Held by the Justices of that Liberty, 8 times a year for Petty Larcenies, Trespa.s.ses, Felonies, and Misdemeanors, &c. within that particular District

Courts of Justice in the Borough of Southwark, Surry.

Court of Record