Exeter Assizes

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Exeter Assizes was a historic English court venue in Exeter, Devon, known for hosting significant criminal trials, including some of the infamous Bloody Assizes following the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf assize court
historic court venue
appliesLaw English civil law
English criminal law
appliesToJurisdiction Crown NERFINISHED
Devon NERFINISHED
associatedWith Monmouth Rebellion NERFINISHED
authority Crown NERFINISHED
category Assize courts in England
History of Exeter
Legal history of England
country Kingdom of England
date 1685
dissolvedBy Courts Act 1971 NERFINISHED
follows common law
hasCourtLevel superior court of record
hasJudge George Jeffreys NERFINISHED
King's Bench judges NERFINISHED
hasParticipant circuit barristers
circuit judges
grand jury
petty jury
hasTypeOfCase capital offences
felonies
serious misdemeanours
hearsAppealsFrom local quarter sessions
petty sessions
heldAt Exeter Castle NERFINISHED
Exeter Guildhall NERFINISHED
historicalRole regional centre of royal justice
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedIn Devon
England
Exeter NERFINISHED
southwest England
surface form: South West England
notableFor severity of sentences during Bloody Assizes
trials of Monmouth rebels
operatedInPeriod 19th century
20th century
early modern period
medieval period
partOf Western Circuit NERFINISHED
replacedBy Crown Court of England and Wales NERFINISHED
Exeter Crown Court NERFINISHED
significantEvent Bloody Assizes NERFINISHED
subordinateTo High Court of Justice (historical predecessors) NERFINISHED
usedFor civil trials
criminal trials

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Bloody Assizes notableTrialLocation Exeter Assizes