magistrates sit

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• Magistrates sitting in Andover imposed a three-year sentence.
• The magistrates sit at the local courthouse every Tuesday morning.
• Three magistrates usually sit together to hear these types of cases.
• The magistrates sat late into the evening to finish the trial.
• Lay magistrates sit in lower courts dealing with minor offences.
• Specially trained magistrates sit in the youth court to handle juvenile cases.
• We need to find out when the magistrates will sit next.
• A single magistrate may sit alone for certain preliminary hearings.
• Sometimes lay magistrates sit alongside a professional district judge.
• These volunteer magistrates are required to sit for at least 26 half-days per year.