The key to winning elections is to ensure that judges in the provinces are sympathetic, because they appoint the magistrates who conduct the polls in the constituencies.
In France, as in most civil-law countries, the examination of witnesses is conducted by the magistrate rather than the attorney as in common-law countries.
In July, the magistrate who conducted the investigation, Philippe Courroye, rejected a recommendation by the public prosecutor's office that the case be dropped.
Danforth was not assigned to the special Court of Oyer and Terminer that Phips established shortly thereafter, and he was opposed to the manner in which magistrate William Stoughton conducted the witch trials, which controversially accepted spectral evidence in its proceedings.
"I do not believe Malawi is ready at this point in time to see its sons getting married to other sons, or cohabitating, or conducting engagement ceremonies," the magistrate said.
The searches were conducted the day before the wedding on a warrant issued by Bromley magistrates which the claimants also said were legally flawed.
The judicial duel was, as its name implies, a legal practice, conducted before magistrate and public, whereas the duel of honor was private, secular, and, for most of its history, illegal.
A private investigation into the incident conducted by a magistrate, Laurence Dunne, was commissioned but suppressed by the government until after the war.
The film ends with the youngsters taking the gangster to a local judge and forcing the magistrate to conduct a trial in which the outcome is never in doubt.
In the meantime, interrogations conducted by the presiding magistrate, Guido Salvini, and chief prosecutor, Roberto Di Martino, have provided fresh leads.
