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Magistrates Magistrates try people in a court called a Magistrates court. There are two types of Magistrates one is the lay type, which does not get paid for the work they do, and they do not have any formal legal knowledge. They go through some training this is 12 hours every 3 years that is not a lot at all. The other type s Stipendiary Magistrates or district judges - Magistrates court. These are highly paid and have a lot of training. These have the same powers as normal Magistrates but they only have to sit on there own and do not have to have a clerk sitting with them unlike the lay Magistrates. Lay Magistrates sit in groups of 3 to 7. Magistrates try many things, some of these include issues like bail, the Magistrates decide weather or not the defendants is allowed it or not. This would be decided on the...

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