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law and Order

An arrest
1 Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below.
theft pleaded fingerprints witnesses evidence found
arrest oath investigate sentence charge celi
detained tine court magistrate handcuff

A policeman was sent to (a) the disappearance of some property from a
hotel. When he arrived, he found that the hotel staff had caught a boy in one of the
rooms with a camera and some cash. When the policeman tried to (b) the
boy, he became violent and the policeman had to (c) him. At the police
station the boy could not give a satisfactory explanation for his actions and the
police decided to (d) him with the (e) of the camera and cash. They
took his (f) " locked him in a (g) , and (h) him overnight.
The next morning he appeared in (i) before the (j) o He took an
(k) and (I) not guilty. Two (m) , the owner of the property
and a member of the hotel staff, gave (n) o After both sides of the case had
been heard the boy was (o) guilty. He had to pay a (p) of f50 and
he was given a (q) of three months in prison suspended for two years.

Law and punishment
2 Instructions as above.
warders
coroner
detective plain c10thes
jury
verdict solicitor trial
inquest
death penalty
(a) If you want legal advice in Britain, you go to a _
(b) At the end of the , the judge ordered the twelve men and women of
the to retire and consider their , guilty or not guilty.
(c) Men or women who look after prisoners in prison are called prison officers or
(d) If a person dies in unusual circumstances, an is held at a special court,
and the 'judge' is called a _
(e) A policeman who investigates serious crime is called a o He wears
___ , not uniform.
(f) In some countries murderers are executed but other countries have abolished
the .
3 Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below.
beto re in to ot wit h

(a) He's being kept custody.
(b) He was sentenced five years.
(c) She got a sentence six months.
(d) He was accused murder.
(e) She's been charged theft.
(f) He appeared court handcuffs.
(g) They were brought the judge.
(h) The jury reached a verdict guilty.

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