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  1. In England and Wales, courts that hear
  2. serious criminal cases referred from
  3. magistrates' courts after committal
  4. proceedings. They replaced quarter sessions
  5. and assizes, which were abolished 1971.
  6. Appeals against conviction or sentence at
  7. magistrates' courts may be heard in Crown
  8. Courts. Appeal from a Crown Court is to the
  9. Court of Appeal.
  10.