Chosen by Nicky Rutherford, Volunteer Prior to the Courts Act 1971, which replaced them and the assizes with a single permanent Crown Court, the courts of Quarter Sessions were local courts held 4 times a year since the 14th century. West Sussex Record Office holds the records of the Sussex Quarter Sessions, c1350-1914, and the…

Continue reading ➞ Indictment for incitement to a duel (Quarter Sessions), 15 April 1828 (QR W/747 ff11-12)