assizes
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Down to the Toulouse assizes last week he hauled the family nurse and governess, Sister Madeleine, a Dominican nun.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Ipswich assizes open this week but those at Norwich opened last week, with Sir John presenting his traditional spectacle of royal pomp.
From Time Magazine Archive
His first appearance at the assizes was in the spring of 1645, when he accused an unfortunate old woman, named Elizabeth Clarke.
From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams
Till the spring assizes at E——, where he was to be tried, it furnished the staple of conversation, and every fresh bit of evidence, for or against him, was eagerly repeated and canvassed.
From Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas by Catherine Crowe
He was suddenly arrested, and committed to take his trial at the ensuing assizes on several charges of forgery.
