Fonds
MAGISTRATES' COURTS RECORDS
Catalogue reference: JC
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This record is about the MAGISTRATES' COURTS RECORDS.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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JC
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Title (The name of the record)
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MAGISTRATES' COURTS RECORDS
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Description (What the record is about)
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Summary
JC/BGP. Bodmin
JC/BOD. Borough of Bodmin
JC/DOM. Domestic
JC/EMID East Middle (Callington)
JC/ENOR East North (Launceston)
JC/ESTH East South (Saltash & Torpoint)
JC/FAL. Falmouth borough
JC/HELS Helston borough
JC/IVES St. Ives borough
JC/KERE East Kerrier (Penryn)
JC/KERW West Kerrier (Helston)
JC/LAUS Dunheved (Launceston Borough)
LC/LESN Lesnewth (Lanteglos by Camelford)
JC/LIS. Liskeard borough
JC/LSKT Liskerrett (Liskeard) (from 1957)
JC/PENE East Penwith (Camborne)
JC/PENR Penryn borough
JC/PENW West Penwith (Penzance)
JC/PENZ Penzance borough
JC/POWE East Powder (St. Austell)
JC/POWS South Powder (Tregony)
JC/POWT Powder/Tywardreath (Tywardreath)
JC/POWW West Powder (Truro: from 1956 joint with Truro)
JC/PYD. Pydar (alternately Newquay & St. Columb)
JC/SCI. Scilly
JC/STR. Stratton (Stratton)
JC/TRIG Trigg (Bodmin)
JC/TRU. Truro borough
JC/WAD. Wadebridge
JC/WEST West (Liskeard) : (before 1957)
JC/WCOR West Cornwall (from 1991, Falmouth and Kerrier, East Penrith, Penrith, Tour and South Powder, Youth and Juvenile Courts).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Cornwall Record Office
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Cornwall Petty Sessions</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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30 Sub-fonds
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Report of committee on legal records 1966 (Cmnd 3084) specifies retention periods, while closure periods are determined in accordance with the Public Records Act at the direction of the Lord Chancellor.
Records of juvenile courts are subject to a 75 year closure (in 1990 nothing later than 1914 to be publicly available).
All other records are subject to the general 30 year rule (in 1990 nothing later than 1959 to be publicly available).
Records relating to the appointment of magistrates are subject to a seal of 75 years.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/4e838418-6413-4a6a-97ea-67eb435be0ec/
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MAGISTRATES' COURTS RECORDS