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A few weeks later he appeared at Chelmsford summer assizes , charged with causing an epidemic then raging in the town.
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At Leeds assizes , the evidence of Mrs Dyson was conclusive.
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At the assizes the evidence against him was overwhelming.
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But at the trial at the assizes a few months later, the name and address of the girl were both disclosed.
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He campaigned tirelessly to win back the twice yearly courts or assizes , which Buckingham had lost to Aylesbury.
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He was remanded in custody until the February assizes .
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Thornton was tried at the Warwick assizes on 8 August 1817.
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Voice over An act of parliament was passed in 1747 which returned the summer assizes to Buckingham.