grannynagnag Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Can anyone tell me the date and places of the Sheffield assize for the 1970s. I have tried to Google but not getting the right information back. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
only_me Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Hi, not sure what your looking for? Have you tried the national archives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grannynagnag Posted August 29, 2013 Author Share Posted August 29, 2013 I just need to know the dates when the assize were held in Sheffield for 1970s. All I get from Google are statistics from 1800s and the laws, it is too far over my head for me to understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victormh Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Would this also be known as the "Quarter Sessions" ? I remember going to sit in the public gallery in the early 1960's as a part of my English Law course. Long time ago so I am not 100% sure Grey Eminence - Subang Jaya - Malaysia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmambo Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I believe they were held either in the old Town Hall or the old Court building near the top of Bank Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Hi grannynagnag - welcome to the Forum!.. Assize Courts were abolished on 1 January 1972 by the Courts Act of 1971, which also abolished Quarter Sessions, both being replaced by the Crown Court. Criminal cases are tried by the Crown Court and civil cases by the High Court. In Sheffield in the 1970s, these courts sat in the Court House on Castle Street (formerly the Town Hall and now empty), where the Assize Courts and Quarter Sessions had previously been held. Now there is the Law Courts building on West Bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soft ayperth Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 So sad to see that historic old building (Court House on Castle Street) in such a shambolic state. Surely, it can be restored and put to good purpose. Ditto for the GPO bldg on Fitzalan Square. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossyrooney Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 So sad to see that historic old building (Court House on Castle Street) in such a shambolic state. Surely, it can be restored and put to good purpose. Ditto for the GPO bldg on Fitzalan Square. My thoughts exactly, but I did notice the old P.O. premises in the Square had scaffolding erected all way along the back. Fingers crossed eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleetwood Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Hi grannynagnag - welcome to the Forum!.. Assize Courts were abolished on 1 January 1972 by the Courts Act of 1971, which also abolished Quarter Sessions, both being replaced by the Crown Court. Criminal cases are tried by the Crown Court and civil cases by the High Court. In Sheffield in the 1970s, these courts sat in the Court House on Castle Street (formerly the Town Hall and now empty), where the Assize Courts and Quarter Sessions had previously been held. Now there is the Law Courts building on West Bar. The little archway on the corner of the building (Castle st) where there appears to be a lady walking in front of it, was a fountain which had two cast steel cups on heavy chains used as drinking vessels. Just think, maybe all of Sheffield drank from those at sometime or other, uh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 The little archway on the corner of the building .. was a fountain...Yes, I remember it well. Here's a photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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