8. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:active or passive.

1. Murder (to be) a very serious crime. For this crime you might (to send) to prison for several years.

2. Magistrates (to be) respectable people and (to have) “sound common sense”. They (to select) from a wide variety of professions and social classes. Magistrates (to give) usually some training but they (not to have) any formal legal qualifications. They (not to get) any salary for their work.

3. The “Clerk of the Court” (to train) in the law and (to pay) for his work. Sometimes he (to advise) the Magistrates on legal points.

4. The most serious crimes (to deal with) by High Court Judges. High Court Judges (to pay) salaries for their work.

5. The jury (to listen) to the evidence and (to decide) if the defendant (to be) guilty or innocent. If the defendant (to find) guilty the judge (to decide) what should (to do) with the person. So the punishment (to pass) by the judge not the jury. The jury seldom (to use) in a civil case.

6. Five years ago he (to arrest) for robbing a bank. He (to find) guilty and (to send) to prison for several years. He (to release) soon but he never (to select) a Magistrate in future.

7. If a person (to arrest) for shoplifting the case (to hear) in the Magistrates’ Court of course because the offence (to be) petty. The defendant (to judge) by the Magistrates and (to send) to prison for several months.

IX. Match the words on the left with their Russian equivalents on the right.

To hear a case To serve on a jury To be instructed by a judge To leave the courtroom To find the defendant guilty To elect a foreman To return a verdict To be eligible for jury service To be disqualified from jury service To be excused from jury service A verdict of conviction A verdict of acquittal Trial by jury Judge trial To present evidence

представлять доказательства покинуть зал судебных заседаний исполнять обязанности присяжного заслушивать дело получить указания от судьи признать подсудимого виновным иметь право исполнять обязанности присяжного быть лишенным права исполнять обязанности присяжного выносить решение присяжных избирать старшину присяжных обвинительный вердикт оправдательный вердикт получить освобождение от обязанностей присяжного судебное разбирательство без суда присяжных судебное разбирательство с участием суда присяжных

X. Complete the following sentences using the words given bellow.

1. A Crown Court jury consists of 12__________.

2. Unless a person is disqualified, ineligible or ________ from jury service, he/she must attend the trial or risk a penalty, usually a fine.

3. It is the duty of the judge to decide all__________ where the duty of the jury is to decide all __________.

4. A person sentenced to prison for five years or more is __________ from jury service for life.

5. The jury must sit quietly during the trial and to listen carefully to the presentation of __________.

6. The jurors may find the __________ guilty or not guilty.

7. If the jury returns a __________ the defendant is free to go.

8. If the jury returns a __________ the judge will pass a sentence.

1. jurors

2. matters of fact

3. verdict of acquittal (verdict of non guilty)

d) excused

e) disqualified

f) defendant

g) matters of law

h) evidence

j) verdict of conviction (verdict of guilty)