Magistrates / Justices of the Peace (Reformed) / Commission of the Peace

• Magistrates, Justices of the Peace, JPs, Commissioner of the Peace, Commission of the Peace

• Magistrates / Justices of the Peace (Reformed) / Commission of the Peace; 1835-present

In York an independent Commission of the Peace was setup in 1835, incorporating the Lord Mayor as chief magistrate but with an membership of Justices of the Peace otherwise distinct from the corporation.
Functions transferred from city magistracy traditionally consisting of Lord Mayor, aldermen and sheriffs. Supported by a legal professional clerk.

Magistrates continue to play an administrative and judicial role. Magistrates are volunteer amateur judges and officials, answerable to the Lord Chancellor who administer the lowest court in England (formally the petty sessions). They are unpaid except for expenses and allowances. The role of the magistrates is set down by central government and has included functions such as assisting paupers, visiting asylyms, processing vehicle offences, licensing alcohol, ordering evictions, family law, sentencing petty offenders and referring more serious offences to higher courts. Quarter sessions were replaced by Crown courts in 1972.

In York an independent Commission of the Peace was setup in 1835, incorporating the Lord Mayor as chief magistrate but with an membership of Justices of the Peace otherwise distinct from the corporation.

International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

JBM How York Governs Itself.