If you are not satisfied with a decision about criminal proceedings or bail in the justice of the peace court you may be able to appeal to the Sheriff Appeal Court. The sheriff court can deal with some criminal cases. Cases can be heard before a sheriff alone, who may be known as the summary sheriff, or a sheriff and a jury. The maximum sentence for cases heard before a sheriff and jury is five years in prison three years for cases that were first called before 1 May or an unlimited fine.
If you're not satisfied with the decision in summary criminal cases, you may be able to appeal to the Sheriff Appeal Court. When witnesses are called in criminal cases, they may also be victims of a crime.
Some witnesses may require special measures because they are vulnerable. When witnesses are called to court in civil cases, they may feel anxious about having to go to court. The Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service has some information about witnesses in civil and criminal cases. The ECJ advises on how EU law is interpreted and takes action against countries that have ignored the law or failed to bring it into force correctly.
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Scotland This advice applies to Scotland: Scotland home Advice can vary depending on where you live. A database, known as the Solemn Database, exists as a separate search tool in the Historical Search Room. All the data within it are included in the online catalogue on this website. For more information about images of trial documents linked to this database see the paragraph on Viewing the documents, which is below. Some trial minute books for the 19th century have been digitised, and these images may be seen without charge using our High Court Criminal Trials database.
The database permits structured searches to be undertaken using additional search terms, and provides a direct link to images of those volumes which have been digitised. They are linked to the Virtual Volumes resource in the Historical Search Room, but are not available online. For more information about the precognitions, trial papers and minute book images, and ordering copies contact the Historical Search Room. If you intend to visit in person, read advice about obtaining a reader's ticket and visiting the NRS search rooms.
Many precognitions and trial papers did not survive, therefore searching under the above parameters may fail to glean any results. This could be either because the papers have not survived, or the case papers JC26 have yet to be catalogued or indexed. Years which are currently catalogued in full are , , However, all trials from have been indexed using the minute books.
As part of a cross-check, it is therefore worthwhile searching under the name of the accused and the minute book series reference. Any trial, which has neither surviving precognition nor case papers will be linked to its relevant minute book entry to ensure that the details of the case are not lost to researchers. Search by entering the name of the accused in the 'Any Text' field, and the series reference of the minute book in the 'RefNo' field, for example 'JC8'.
Such searching will frequently identify individuals who 'Failed to appear for Assize' jurors who failed to attend for jury selection, and who were fined by the court for their non-attendance. Some Scots legal terms such as 'assize' are explained in our index to legal terms and offences libelled. If you still cannot find your trial, it may be that it was brought before an inferior court, in particular the sheriff courts, whose criminal records have not been catalogued in detail.
For more advice on this go to our guide on crime and criminals. Skip to main content. High Court Criminal Trials. Printer-friendly version. Searching the online catalogue You can search for the records of a trial in the NRS online catalogue , but before doing so you should read the guidance below. Searching for criminals When searching for an accused person, it is best to narrow your search to the relevant record group by typing 'AD14', 'AD15'or 'JC26' as a reference in the Reference field of the search page.
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