A MAGISTRATE`S DIARY

Volume 1 2009-2010 of my previously unpublished diaries with my observations and opinions of the law and justice

A MAGISTRATE`S DIARY

Volume 1 2009-2010 of my previously unpublished diaries with my observations and opinions of the law and justice

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHOULD BE A STAND ALONE OFFENCE

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  25. Feb. 2010. – 16:25:54 Once again I want to mention statistics. The subject is now so vital to government and myriad organisations it...

POLICE PRAYERS REDUCE CRIME!?!? WHAT NEXT? GARLIC

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  23. Feb. 2010. – 11:42:31 When religion, its adherents, its trappings, its rituals and anything else similarly associated hits the headl...

FOR FINE DEFAULTERS WOULD ONE DAY IN CUSTODY FOR EVERY £ OWED REDUCE THE DEBT?

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22. Feb. 2010. – 16:04:40 Her Majesty`s Court Service should not be organised to make a profit. It is part of the justice system and without...

DANGEROUS DOGS ACTS 1991 & 1871

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  21. Feb. 2010. – 12:22:58 Owning a dog is a major responsibility although we can all recall incidents where such responsibility was appare...

THREE FAILED TRIALS BUT HE CAN STILL WALK OUT THE DOOR

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 . Feb. 2010. – 16:25:07  There are many reasons put forward why Peter Blake at his fourth history making trial by a judge without jury was ...

JUST A WHIM BUT GOOD LUCK BARRY MAGISTRATES

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  19. Feb. 2010. – 16:07:37 The mantra of so many organisations especially within the civil service is "centralise" or "big...

ARE JURIES AS FAIR AS THEY COULD BE?

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17. Feb. 2010. – 12:49:26  The Document recently published  "Are Juries Fair?" has quite correctly had massive exposure in the med...

BECOME A J.P. WE DON`T NEED TO KNOW IF YOU`RE A FREEMASON

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  15. Feb. 2010. – 16:55:52 A few years ago........about ten or so...........when applying to be appointed as a Justice of the Peace a can...

EAST ENDERS MORE VIOLENT THAN THE WILD WEST

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  14. Feb. 2010. – 17:11:25 Since its availability to the whole population there has been a continuing discussion whether watching violenc...

A SCOTTISH "ALCATRAZ"

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  13. Feb. 2010. – 14:56:02 There is increasing confusion of whether or not the Ministry of Justice has persuaded or succeeded in that persu...

DO CRIMINALS HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO COMMIT CRIME?

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    12. Feb. 2010. – 12:27:04 The debate about whether "nature or nurture" has the most effect upon our personality and behaviou...

WHEN DETERRENT SENTENCES ARE A WASTE OF TIME

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 12. Feb. 2010. – 14:15:33  On 11th January I commented on the reduction in local court reporting; LOCAL COURT REPORTS ARE A THING OF THE PA...

DEVON & CORNWALL POLICE ARE AN EXAMPLE TO THE MET.

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  11. Feb. 2010. – 11:18:41 On 6th February I commented on the police chief in Hounslow blaming magistrates` courts for the high rate of b...

BREACH OR NO BREACH? YOU COUDN`T MAKE IT UP

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  09. Feb. 2010. – 11:54:33   If ever there was a situation where accurate up to date information must be readily available it is on the...

A PRAYER MAT or a FLYING CARPET to GET OUT of JAIL

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  05. Feb. 2010. – 12:47:04 It seems that the wife of our former dear leader has opened her mouth once again a little too wide. A few year...

WHEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HITS THE BUFFERS

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  05. Feb. 2010. – 11:35:46 "It`s just a domestic". Not so long ago that was the response in many cases when a woman [usually] c...

END OF DAYS FOR MAGISTRATES?

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  02. Feb. 2010. – 12:41:38 In February 2005 Magistrates' Courts lost the power to deal with liquor licenses ie pubs, clubs, restauran...

WHO RUNS PRISONS? INMATES, EMPLOYEES OR THE GOVERNMENT

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  31. Jan. 2010. – 15:10:02 There are three constituent parts of any criminal justice system, the process of catching suspected offenders, ...

P.DOHERTY,13 WRAPS of HEROIN & £750 FINE

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  30. Jan. 2010. – 14:53:07 There`s an old well used phrase, "everyone`s equal but some are more equal than others". Where this ...

AN UNUSUAL DAY IN COURT

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  29. Jan. 2010. – 16:53:46 It`s bit like waiting for a bus on a rainy night; none comes for ages and then three at once. I suppose many j...

TAKE "GOOD" BABIES FROM EVIL PARENTS?

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  26. Jan. 2010. – 14:31:54 Generally it has been considered in the balance between "nature" and "nurture" that a baby e...

SOUTH AFRICA, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, FARENHEIT 451?

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  25. Jan. 2010. – 14:47:25 Many thousands of pages have been written about the situation when the "rock" of the freedom of public...

"STOP AND SEARCH" or SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND

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  25 Jan. 2010. – 12:11:15 There are lies, damned lies and statistics. This phrase of uncertain lineage has been around for over a century...

IT`S NOT WHAT YOU SAY; IT`S WHAT YOU MEAN. SOME PERSONAL HUMOUR

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  22. Jan. 2010. – 16:27:20 How often in general discussion do we ask for a remark to be repeated because although we heard what was being...

CRIMINAL JUSTICE NORFOLK STYLE

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  22. Jan. 2010. – 15:52:24 Every part of government expenditure is being closely examined in order to determine where savings can be made...
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