During the Tudor period, Justices of the Peace began ... however when this ended in 1776, prison populations rose dramatically and became a cause of concern. However, conditions were poor.

No sentence can ever bring Carl back, but I hope they can find some comfort in the fact that Tudor is now in prison where he is unable to hurt anyone else.” For daily news from Teesside's courts ...

Vagrants and vagabonds were treated harshly in Tudor times. Laws were passed to punish vagrants in various ways. At first beggars and vagrants were all treated the same. However, over time ...

Mr Tudor was also accused but acquitted of indecent assault against a 16-year-old girl - identified as Z - in January 1988, the tribunal heard. He was sentenced to six months in prison in 1988 for ...