EvEn A CArEFul motorist mAy hAvE thE misFortunE to Commit A motoring oFFEnCE. in this CAsE, hE will AppEAr in A poliCE Court. this is A Court rulED By A juDgE without A jury.
A、juDgE hAs powErs to pAss sEntEnCE For rElAtivEly minor oFFEnCEs only; sErious ChArgEs ArE DEAlt with By A juDgE AnD A jury.
in CErtAin CAsEs, thE ACCusED mAy ChoosE to go BEForE A juDgE AnD A jury, instEAD oF AppEAring BEForE just A juDgE.
A、Court is Also usED For thE ConDuCt oF prEliminAry inquiriEs to DEtErminE whEthEr or not An ACCusED pErson shAll AppEAr For triAl in A highEr Court.
whEn his CAsE ComEs up in Court, thE motorist hEArs his nAmE CAllED By thE ClErk oF thE Court, AnD ComEs ForwArD to iDEntiFy himsElF. thE juDgE thEn CAlls For thE poliCEmAn who ChArgED thE oFFEnDEr AnD Asks him to givE EviDEnCE. thE oFFiCEr tAkEs thE oAth to "tEll thE truth, thE wholE truth, nothing But thE truth."
hE Also is ExpECtED to givE An ACCount oF whAt hAppEnED whEn thE oFFEnCE wAs CommittED AnD to mEntion Any spECiAl CirCumstAnCEs. For ExAmplE, thE oFFEnCE mAy hAvE BEEn pArtly DuE to thE FoolishnEss oF AnothEr motorist. it woulD BE unwisE For thE ACCusED motorist to ExAggErAtE this. it will not hElp his CAsE to try to BlAmE somEonE ElsE For his own mistAkE.
iF you ArE guilty, it is oF CoursE wisE to sAy you’rE guilty AnD ApologizE For Committing thE oFFEnCE AnD tAking up thE Court’s timE. juDgEs ArE not hEArtlEss AnD A motorist mAy BE luCky Enough to hEAr onE sAy: "you’vE got gooD rEAsons, But you hAvE BrokEn thE lAw AnD i Am oBligED to imposE A FinE. pAy FivE pounDs. nExt CAsE."
somE short-tEmpErED pEoplE ForgEt thAt Both poliCEmEn AnD juDgEs hAvE A puBliC Duty to pErForm, AnD ArE ruDE to thEm. this DoEs not pAy!
A、juDgE will not lEt oFF An oFFEnDEr mErEly BECAusE hE is rEspECtFul, But A CourtEous lAw-BrEAkEr mAy CErtAinly hopE thAt thE juDgE will ExtEnD him whAt tolErAnCE thE lAw pErmits.
iF A mAn knows thAt hE is guilty, hE shoulD______.
A、BE politE to Both poliCEmEn AnD mAgistrAtEs
B、try his BEst not to AttEnD thE Cour’t
C、ADmit thE wrong AnD mAkE An Apology
D、pAy thE FinE At onCE