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GCSE History · key term
A local magistrate responsible for administering justice, including judging offences and issuing arrest warrants.
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Paper 1
Revise: Nature of Law Enforcement and PunishmentLocal people could obtain an arrest warrant from a Justice of the Peace. This authorised them to catch a suspect and deliver that person to the constable. Rewards encouraged participation: some payments could be as large as a typical middle-class family's annual income.
Paper 1
A local magistrate who dealt with offences and helped administer justice, including issuing arrest warrants.
Distinguish catching suspects from judging cases: constables enforced the law; JPs and royal judges exercised judicial authority.
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Ordinary people could obtain an arrest warrant from a Justice of the Peace, giving them authority to arrest a suspect and deliver that person to a constable. Rewards encouraged people to provide information or help capture offenders. Community participation therefore continued, but money increasingly provided another incentive.
A local official responsible for administering justice, whose duties included organising aspects of law enforcement.