Sentence examples for modern courthouse from inspiring English sources

She has been accompanied by a dog (for fidelity), a snake (for hatred) and a whole menagerie of other sidekicks that would befuddle the modern courthouse visitor, including an ostrich, whose supposed ability to digest anything was seen by the ancients as a useful attribute for the machinery of justice.

LONDON – The title of the presiding judge 35 years ago was the same, chief magistrate of Pretoria, and the venue for the hearing, a converted synagogue, was not far from the modern courthouse seen on television screens around the world in recent days as Oscar Pistorius, the gold medal-winning Paralympic athlete, fought for bail in the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.

And along with the triumphal architecture of modern courthouses themselves, the images can end up masking the problems that lie beneath what they are supposed to represent.

Many modern courthouses will have electronic kiosks that allow you to search case records quickly and efficiently.

Mr. Jenoff could face 30 years in prison, and Mr. Daniels 50 years When Rabbi Neulander's first trial began last October, Rabbi Mazo watched on Court TV until he too made his way to the modern brick courthouse in Camden to testify.

"One can build new courthouses.

On one side of the vast, airy boulevard are the 1940's neo-Classical brick Borough Hall and the 60's modern Kew Gardens Courthouse.

This time I had to fulfill the requirements of a specific site -- a new Federal courthouse with a wonderful and original modern vocabulary.

Visit the old Cochise County courthouse (the modern one is over in Bisbee), see the historic sights on Allen Street, watch the multimedia film and visit the free press museum.

Last year, an independent commission recommended that the city replace the nine-jail complex with several smaller, modern jails close to courthouses and public transit, in lots big enough to also provide spaces for community use.

The sultans moved out of Topkapi, the mansions were deserted and modern additions - a prison and courthouse, a veterinary hospital - brought crowds of people and later swarms of cars.