Zusammenfassung der Ressource
ENFORCEMENT MEDIEVAL 1250-1500
- JURY
- MEDIEVAL JURIES
WOULD HAVE TO BE
FROM THE SAME
PARISH OR
HUNDRED AS THE
ACCUSED, THIS
MEANT THEY
COULD USE
KNOWLEGE ,
BACKGROUND
INFORMATION AND
THE PAST OFFENCES
TO HELP REACH A
VERDICT
- IN OUR DAY JURY
MEMBERS MUSTNT
KNOW THE
ACCUSED AND
MUST LISTEN TO
TWO LAWYERS
WHO PRESSENT
EVIDENCE TO
PROVE IF THE
ACCUSED IS
GUILTY OR NOT
- MOST JURIES
WOULD
ONLY LAST
FOR 20
MINUTES
- COURTS
- ROYAL COURTS
- HEARD
THE
MOST
SERIOUS
OF
CASES
- JURIES
WERE
DRAWN
FROM THE
CRIMINALS
OWN AREA
- CHURCH COURTS
- NO
JURIES
PRIESTS
HEARD
THE
EVIDENCE
AND
PASSED
JUDGEMENT
- ALL
LAWS
WERE
BASED
ON
CHRISTIAN
PRINCIPALS
- JP'S
- PASSED
REALLY
SERIOUS
CASES
OVER
TO THE
ASSIZIES
- THE KIND
OPPOINTED 3
OR 4 JP'S
- THEY ONLY
MET TWICE A
YEAR
- MANNOR CORTS
- BY 1250 THEY JUDGED MOST PETTY CRIME CASES
- THE
LORD
OF HIS
STEWARD
RAN
THE
COURT
- ENFORCERS
- KING
- HAD OVERALL CHARGE
- THE KINGS PEACE
- POLICING
- NO FULL TIME
POLICE. WOULD
OF BEEN TO
EXPENSIVE
POLICING WAS
DONE ON A
VOLUNTARY
BASIS
- PEOPLE
- ESSENTIALL IN KEEPING LAW AND ORDER
- SHERIFF
- WORKED
CLOSELY
WITH CHIEF
CONSTABLE
- KINGS AGENT IN EACH COUNTY
- CONSTABLES
- CHIEF CONSTABLES OF THE HUNDRED
- APPOINTED
ONCE A YEAR,
THEY WERE
USUALLY
WEALTHY
FARMERS.
GAINED LOCAL
STATUS, COULD
OF BEEN IN
ARMY/SHERIFFS
POSSE
- PARISH CONSTABLES
- 1 YEAR OPPOINTMENT
- ONE RESPONSIBLE MAN
- MAKE SURE HE COULD SUPLY ARMY IF NEEDED
- HE DID THIS JOB ALONG SIDE HIS NORMAL FULL TIME JOB