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''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[England Court Records|England Court Records]]'' | ''[[England Genealogy|England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[England Court Records|England Court Records]]'' | ||
Petty sessions were minor courts presided over by two or more magistrates (JPs) and have been held in some, but not all, counties since Tudor times. They were open courts trying lesser offences and enquiring into (summary trials of) indictable ones, and are now called ''magistrates courts'' or ''police courts.'' | Petty sessions were minor courts presided over by two or more magistrates (JPs) and have been held in some, but not all, counties since Tudor times. They were open courts trying lesser offences and enquiring into (summary trials of) indictable ones, and are now called ''magistrates courts'' or ''police courts.'' | ||