However, Gazette editor Gary Lawrence asked the magistrates to exercise their power to waive the rule. |
In 1992 he was prosecuted by the council in the magistrates court after hurling abuse at a member of the public. |
This had the effect of excluding Quakers from certain public offices, most significantly those of magistrates and judges. |
The 13-year-olds were found guilty of breaching an order, but walked free from court after magistrates imposed a two-year supervision order. |
As far as we are concerned, we will throw the book at them and we would expect that magistrates do the same. |
But the superintendent of police said the prisoner was the sort to wander off, and so magistrates refused his request and sent him back to jail. |