Date:20th of September 1837
Description:The Municipal Corporations Act, 1835 regulated local authorities. Before the act a small number of burgesses chose the councillors and local magistrates (someone who administered the law). From 1835 taxpayers elected councillors and the Crown appointed the magistrates. Boroughs lost their right to hold ‘quarter sessions’ courts. Quarter sessions were the magistrates’ courts in which the more serious cases were tried by jury. The burgesses accepted the 1835 act but petitioned for the right to hold quarter sessions. This charter recognises the acceptance of the Municipal Corporations Act and allows the borough a court of quarter sessions. A ‘borough recorder’ was the judge. Digitisation project supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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The Municipal Corporations Act, 1835 regulated local authorities. Before the act a small number of ...
The Municipal Corporations Act was passed during the reign of King William IV. He died on 20 June 1837, ...
Attached to the charter is the great seal of King William IV (it is shown in pieces on the first image ...
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Image courtesy of: Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
Donor ref:Nm.2024.88 (R) (22/49654)
Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme
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