The King's Bench Division occasionally ex ercises jurisdiction as a court of first instance in cases of grave public importance, such as the trials at bar of Dr. Jameson and Colonel Lynch in 1896 and 1903' respectively. It also has an appellate jurisdiction over cases brought before it on writs of error or certiorari or on especial cases)) stated by justices of the peace.
The court for the consideration of Crown Cases Reserved was the criminal court of appeal till 1907, when its Jurisdiction was transferred to the Court of Criminal Appeal. That court consists of eight judges of the King's Bench division and the Lord Chief Jus tice of England. The number of judges sitting in the Court of Criminal Appeal must be an uneven one, and not less than three.
In the County Court and before magistrates, solicitors act as advocates. In all the other courts only barristers can be heard at the actual trial, or on though solicitors are allowed to argue minor questions in Judges' Chambers. A barrister must be a member of an Inn of Court; he must have passed the bar examination, and then have been "called to the bare by his Inn. The four inns of Court
in London possess the monopoly of calling men to the bar; they will not ecalle any woman. In litigation in the High Court it is necessary to employ both a solicitor and a barrister; the solicitor prepares the case for trial, and "in structs') the barrister by delivering a to him. Solicitors also dispose of a vast amount of non-litigious business. Every solicitor must have been articled to a solicitor for at least three years, and must have passed the Solicitors' Examinations at the Law Institution in Chan cery Lane, London, W. C.
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