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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 47

Law Circuits

Law Circuits.

Circuits of the Courts.—Courts of Assize and Nisi Prius and of Oyer and Terminer and general Gaol Delivery, shall be held twice a year in each county or union of counties, in the vacation between Hilary and Easter Terms, and in the vacation between Trinity and Michaelmas Terms, except in the county of York in which county there shall be a third such court in every year, between Easter Term and the first of July, and fourth in the vacation between Michaelmas and Hilary Terms; and in the county of Wentworth, in which there shall be a third such court, in the vacation between Michaelmas and Hilary Terms. There are eight circuits as follows: The Eastern—Cornwall, L'Orlgnal, Ottawa, Pembroke, Perth Midland—Belleville, Brockville, Kingston, Napanee, Picton. Victoria—Hampton, Whitby, Cobourg, Lindsay, Peterboro. Brock—Owen Sound, Stratfo d, Woodstock, Walkerton, Goderieh. Niagara—Hamilton, Milton, St. Catharines. Welland, Cayuga. Waterloo—Barrie, Berlin, Guelph, Stratford, Simcoe. Western—Chatham, London, Sandwich, Sarnia, St Thomas. Home—Toronto

The court in each District shall be presided over by one of the chief Justices or judges of the superior courts, or in their absence, by some one judge, including Judges of the Court of Appeals of the County Court, or some one of Her Majesty's counsel learned in the law, requested by any one of the chief justices or judges of the superior courts to act in that behalf.