Criminal Justice Administration Act 1851

XXJustices to declare when Gaols or Houses of Correction are fit Prisons for Persons committed for Trial.

It shall be lawful for the Justices of the Peace, at their General or Quarter Sessions for any County, Riding, or Division, by Order made for that Purpose, to declare that any Gaol or House of Correction for such County, Riding, or Division is a fit Prison for Persons committed for Trial at the Assizes for such County, or for the County of such Riding or Division; and every such Order shall be signed by the Chairman of such Sessions, and transmitted to One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; and in case such Secretary of State see fit to approve such Order, then, after the Approval thereof under the Hand of such Secretary of State, it shall be lawful for any Justice or Justices of the Peace, or Coroner, acting for such County, Riding, or Division, to commit for safe Custody for Trial at the next Assizes, to such Gaol or House of Correction, any Person charged with any Offence triable at the Assizes for such County, or for the County of such Riding or Division; and the Commitment shall specify that such Person is committed under the Authority of this Act; and the Recognizances, to appear to prosecute and give Evidence taken by such Justice, Justices, or Coroner shall in all such Cases be conditioned for Appearance, Prosecution, and giving Evidence at the Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery for the County; and the Keeper of such Gaol or House of Correction shall deliver to the Judges of Assize a Calendar of all Prisoners in Custody for Trial at such Assizes, in the same Way that the Sheriff of the County would be by Law required to do if such Prisoners had been committed to the Common Gaol of such County; and the Justice, Justices, or Coroner by whom Persons charged as aforesaid may be committed shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the proper Officer of the Court of Assize the several Examinations, Informations, Evidence, Recognizances, and Inquisitions relative to such Persons at the Time and in the Manner that would be required in case such Persons had been committed for Trial as aforesaid to such Common Gaol, and the same Proceedings shall and may be had thereupon at the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer or General Gaol Delivery for such County as in the Case of Persons so committed to such Common Gaol.