| In addition, the assizes gave fast and clear verdicts, enriched the treasury and extended the King's control. |
| While transporting Brennan to the assizes at Clonmel, his escort stopped to rest at a shebeen and allowed him to enjoy his pipe. |
| At one time members of the legal profession visiting York for the assizes would stay at a timbered building on Spurriergate. |
| Part of the reason for this rule was that the accused had to be physically present at assizes or quarter sessions. |
| These assizes introduced regular measures for the trial by royal judges of those suspected of serious crimes. |
| In these circumstances the case would be heard in the common law courts of assizes, quarter sessions, or petty sessions. |
