Catalogue description Supreme Court of Judicature: The Crown Court at Southwark: Case Files
Reference: | J 204 |
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Title: | Supreme Court of Judicature: The Crown Court at Southwark: Case Files |
Description: |
This series contains records of the Crown Court at Southwark comprising a variety of case files. |
Note: | The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt. |
Date: | 1984-1995 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Supreme Court of Judicature, The Crown Court at Southwark, 1971- |
Physical description: | 3 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2020 Ministry of Justice |
Accruals: | This series is accruing. |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The Crown Court was established by Section 4 of the Courts Act 1971 and came into being on 1 January 1972, replacing the Courts of Assize and Quarter Sessions and a number of other criminal courts. Before the inception of the Crown Court in 1971 arrangements were made for records from the Quarter Sessions to be transferred to local record offices, and for those from the Assizes to be transferred to The National Archives. |
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