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Police court

noun

A court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused of serious offenses.

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"Police court" Quotes from Famous Books

... In the Mansion House Police Court, on 10 Jan., the Lord Mayor announced that he had received five letters relative to an individual who was going about the metropolitan suburbs frightening females to such an extent that they were afraid to go out at night, ...

— Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign • John Ashton

... too much dirt. Bottom always drop out of bucket shop at last. I understand, end in police court and severe magistrate, or perhaps even 'Gentlemen ...

— The Yellow God - An Idol of Africa • H. Rider Haggard

... a London Police Court with being drunk stated that he had been drinking "Government ale." It appears now that the fellow ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Aug 8, 1917 • Various

... Fischer told her sternly, "will never buy the forged transfer. Dollars will never keep your brother out of the city police court or Sing Sing afterwards. There isn't much future for a young man who ...

— The Pawns Count • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... certain smart section of London society. He was a constant visitor at the opera, the racecourse, the Park, and the Carlton, he had a great many friends, and there was consequently quite a large attendance at the police court that morning. ...

— The Old Man in the Corner • Baroness Orczy

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