There are 12,000 fewer magistrates now than in 2008.
Magistrates now had far less work and the crown court was heavily burdened by sexual offences cases.
The magistrates now have no authority to question the request for such lists, which are frequently used by the authorities.
Less familiar, perhaps, is Sebastien de Castell's Greatcoats quartet, concerning a band of fighting magistrates now working as mercenaries in the land of Tristia.
A remarkable feature of English criminal justice, as compared with most European systems, has been the continuing role of lay magistrates, who remain important despite the appointment of paid, legally trained magistrates, now known as district judges, in London and some of the larger cities.
But Alptekin hasn't yet been interviewed by three French investigating magistrates now seeking to determine exactly how many athletes may have been approached, how much they paid and whether the elder Diack, in his role as IAAF president, simply turned a blind eye or was an active organiser.
