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LIT BUILDING

THE CRIMINAL COURTS IN MALTA WERE ESTABLISHED IN JULY 1811 ON THE INITIATIVE OF SOME PROMINENT MALTESE.

BETWEEN 1853 AND 1941 AUBERGE D AUVERGE IN REPUBLIC STREET, VALLETTA, WAS SERVED AS THE COURT BUILDING BUT AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE COURT MOVED AT AUBERGE D ITALIE UNTIL 1971.

IN 15th. OCTOBER 1829, THE TRIAL JURY WAS INTRODUCED BY THE ISSUE OF PROCLAMATION Vl AND THE FIRST JURY WAS HELD AT THE CASTELLANIA BUILDING IN MERCHANT STREET, VALLETTA.

 

An unusual photo of the lit up Law Courts in Repulic Street, Valletta, during the "Notte Bianca" organised by the Tourism Authority. VALLETTA - Malta 2007

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Uploaded on October 10, 2007
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