HC Deb 16 July 1934 vol 292 cc788-9W
Mr. O'CONNOR

asked the Attorney-General the number of separate occasions on which judges of the King's Bench Division have been away from London on assize duty and at the Central Criminal Court during the legal year ended 31st July, 1933, and during the current legal year up to date; the total number of working days upon which such judges

During the year ended 31st July, 1933. During the current legal year up to and including the Spring Assize.
The number of separate occasions on which judges of the King's Bench Division have been away from London on assize duty. 39 25
The number of separate occasions on which judges of the King's Bench Division have sat at the Central Criminal Court. 12 9
The total number of working days upon which judges of the King's Bench Division were absent from London on assize duty. 1,232 803
The total number of working days upon which judges of the King's Bench Division sat at the Central Criminal Court. 86 84
The number of occasions on which commissioners of assize were appointed. 6 5

In these figures it has been taken as the separate occasion where any one judge has gone a whole circuit, or a part of a circuit, for any particular assize; and as two separate occasions where two judges have gone the same circuit for the same assize.