Police Court
Police court may refer to: * ''Police Court'' (film), a 1932 American film * Police tribunal (France) (''Tribunal de police''), the lowest level of criminal court in France * Police tribunal (Belgium) (''Politierechtbank''/''Tribunal de police''), the lowest level of criminal court in Belgium * Magistrates' court (England and Wales) In England and Wales, a magistrates' court is a lower court which hears matters relating to summary offences and some triable either-way matters. Some civil law issues are also decided here, notably family proceedings. In 2015, there were ro ...

Police Court (film)
''Police Court'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Henry B. Walthall, Leon Janney, Lionel Belmore, and King Baggot. Directed by Louis King and released by Monogram Pictures, the screenplay was adapted by Stuart Anthony from his story. ''Police Court'' features an all-star cast from the silent film era. Plot A once popular actor, Nat Barry (played by Henry B. Walthall), is a has-been because of his alcoholism. The legendary film star is forced by necessity to take a job selling patent medicine at a traveling sideshow dressed in a costume as Abraham Lincoln. Having trouble staying sober, he is arrested and taken before a "police court" for drunken disorder. His teenage son, Junior Barry (played by Leon Janney), pleads on Barry's behalf and Judge Robert Webster (played by Edmund Breese) grants him a reprieve. Junior is determined to see his father make good again, vowing to keep him off the bottle and on the screen. He attempts to get bit parts for Barry, but he h ...
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Police Tribunal (France)
A police tribunal is a criminal jurisdiction which judges all classes of contraventions committed by adults. More serious offenses (''infractions'') are judged by a ''tribunal correctionnel'', correctional tribunal, when they are '' délits'' or misdemeanors, or by a ''cour d'assises'' (for a ''crime'', analogous to a felony). Composition The police tribunal sits at the ''tribunal d'instance In France, the ''Tribunal d'instance'' (literally "Court of First Instance") is a judicial lower court of record of first instance for general civil suits and includes a criminal division, the Police Court (''tribunal de police''), which hears case ...'' and is composed of a '' juge d'instance'' and a '' greffier,'' or court clerk. The '' ministère public'' is represented by the ''procureur de la République'' or one of his representatives, known as ''substituts'' (substitutes) if the offense is a fifth-degree contravention. Jurisdiction ''Jurisdiction of subject (ratione materiæ)'' ...
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Police Tribunal (Belgium)
The police tribunal ( nl, politierechtbank, french: tribunal de police, german: Polizeigericht) is the traffic court and trial court which tries minor contraventions in the judicial system of Belgium. It is the lowest Belgian court with criminal jurisdiction (in addition to some limited civil jurisdiction). There is a police tribunal for each judicial arrondissement ("district"), except for Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde, where there are multiple police tribunals due to the area's sensitive linguistic situation. Most of them hear cases in multiple seats per arrondissement. As of 2018, there are 15 police tribunals in total, who hear cases in 38 seats. Further below, an overview is provided of all seats of the police tribunal per judicial arrondissement. A police tribunal is chaired by a judge of the police tribunal, more commonly called police judge ( nl, politierechter, french: juge de police, german: Polizeirichter). Police judges are professional, law-trained magistrates who are, ...
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