Juries Act 1837 (SA)

I N THE SEVEPU'TH YEAR OF

G WILLIAM THE FOURTH.

necessar; %or the orrier and weh.beingof M $ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

nvirlce of f!oulh Australia that Courts GGeIlerRl er ~ u a r t e r

d Petty Sessions be established within tI1:l m ,,,,G- . -

crrsn by @is ~xce l l cney Jotrw HINDMARSH, Knight of the

r im Guelphic Order, Gove rn~r and Commander-in-Chief of

and with the advice of the Legislative Council of the f

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General or Quarter Sessions for the said Province, or Goberno: to RP.

thereof, shall be holdcn, and the same are hercby .authorised point place for tlmc holding and

a t such times and places as the Governor in Council by pro- General sessions,	e
the said Courts of General or Quarter Sessions shall have power General Sessions
L!-. and to them power and authority is hereby given, to take Ewe:cin

of matters and things cognizable in Courts of General or land,

sion.: in England so far as thc circumstances and condition of Pro-mce shall require ancl admit and of such matters and things Prc>:wy to give effect to any future Acts of the Council of the

Courts of General or Quarter Sessions sE all have General Sewions

nd p w e r and w&~rjltg is hereby given to them, to tohaveco@imr- of all crimes. "'S

sumniary manner of all crimes and misderneanors and purie abtt

'escription not punishable upSth ideath,%w;hich, +all or w i t l l ~ e o t ~.

in the said Province. , + , .,

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Justices members IV. That all Magistrates or Justices of the Peace for the said 1

of Court of &S-	shall be and are hereby constituted and appointed Members of and
8ions.	in the said Courts of General or Quarter Sessions,

Petty Sessions V. That Courts of Petty Sessions shall and Inay be holden a t s.cu

p a y be hoiden.

and places as may be necessrtryl)eforc two or more of His Majesty's

of the Peace for the said l-'rovince, or' l~efhre any two or more

Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the district in which such C

Pet ty Sessions may be held .respectively.

Pettv Sessions VT. That such Courts of Pettv Sessions shall have cornizance of

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zance of all Inis- demcanors and offences not p.&ishable with death or Gansprtatii

demeanors, kc., power is hereby given to them to inflict penalties or fines to an am,

not	pu~lisllable exceeding Twenty p011nd.s sterling, and to punish	by imprisonmen
with	death

transportation. Or tention in a prison or house of correction In solitary confinement

wise, a t the discretion of the Magistrates, for any term not exceedi

calendar months.

Rules and forms 111. That the said Courts of General or Quarter Scssions sb

and fees to be time to time settle such forms of process and such rulcs of prnc

nett'ed byGencra1 proceeding for the corlduct and dispatch of business in the same an Sessions and ap-

proved of by G"- Courts of l'etty Sessions throughout the Province, and shall appc erno or. reasonable fees to be taken as shall seem necessary and proper for el

the business of the said Courts with the most convenicnc.e to the 11 least expence to the parties concerned; and that such rules and forn approved of by the Goternor of the said J'rovince in Councll, sha served and followrd, and such fees paid accordingly and no other.

(Signed, 5. TTINIlICIi\RSH.

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ADELAIDE: Printed hy authority by R Q ~ E R T

Government l'rinters, Hindley-strr