Lay Magistrates
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Questions and Answers
- 1.Are Lay Magistrates paid?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- C.
Maybe
- D.
Sometimes
- 2.Do Magistrates deal with indictable offences?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- C.
Maybe
- D.
Yes, they will hear the case first and decide whether the appeal must be heard in the Crown Court
- 3.Do Magistrates have to live within the area where the case is heard?
- A.
Yes, they have to live within 15 miles
- B.
No, they can live anywhere
- C.
No they can live abroad
- 4.Magistrates consist of three lay people. One is a qualified chairperson the others are known as what?
- A.
Wangers
- B.
Wingers
- C.
Wongers
- D.
Lingers
- 5.Do Magistrates decide on the verdict? 2 answers required.
- A.
No, absolutely not
- B.
Maybe
- C.
Sometimes
- D.
Yes
- E.
The judge makes the decisions
- 6.Do Magistrates hear Early Administrative Hearings?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- C.
Maybe
- D.
Sometimes
- E.
Dont know
- 7.Do Magistrates have to have training? 2 answers required.
- A.
Probably
- B.
Yes
- C.
No
- D.
They are required to have training.
- 8.Can ethnic minority sit on the Magistrates bench?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- C.
Absolutely not.
- 9.And now for a trick question. Magistrates are always women. True or false?
- A.
True
- B.
True
- C.
True
- D.
False
- E.
True false.
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