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Originally Posted by mthead
No you can Cashy at a Magistrate ask for it to be tried at Crown if you want to run the gaunlet of having a higher sentence bestowed upon you. Some do hoping the jury wont reach a unanimous decision.
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don't understand that

each crime has a max n minimum tariff, the magistrates could only sentence you to 6 months max, thats how it was, so where is the sense in letting some jerk on a lesser charge,waste taxpayers money,if the max tariff fer the crime is not above the 6 months?