The Administration of Justice in Criminal Matters

Part I: 1. Criminal Justice; Section 1. Police Courts, or Petty Sessions: 2. The duties of Justices of the Peace; 3. The preliminary examination, before magistrates, of persons accused of grave crimes; 4. The summary jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace; 5. Summary jurisdiction in certain indictable cases; 6. Right of trial by jury; 7. Powers of one Justice acting alone; 8. Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in civil matters; 9. Affiliation orders; 10. Separation orders under S. J. (M. W.) Act, 1895; 11. Appeals from Justices of the Peace; 12. General observations on powers and duties of Justices of the Peace; Part II: Section 2. Quarter Sessions; Section 3. Assizes: 13. The Central Criminal Court; 14. The Grand Jury; 15. The Indictment; 16. The Coroner's Inquest; 17. The Petty Jury, of Jury of Trial; 18. The order of a criminal trial; Section 4. The High Court; Section 5. The Court of Criminal Appeal; Section 6. The House of Lords as a Criminal Court: 19. The Attorney General, the Solicitor General, the Director of Public Prosecutions; Part III: 20. Recent legislation; 21. The Probation of Offenders Act, 1907; 22. The Prevention of Crime Act, 1908; 23. The Children Act, 1908; 24. Statistics; Appendixes.