finding out about the court case

[chocy bunny]

I have been recently told that a member of my family was taken to court about 40-45 years ago on a very serious charge does anyone know if and how I can gain access to the details for the case such as transcripts

thanks

[dot.hawkes]

Was it the magistrates court ? if it was a serous charge then it may have been at the Crown Court and so the local paper would have a record of it, probably your best bet is to go to the locak library for where your relie lived and do an index search, these are probably a printed index, the reference library should have them. this should give you reports over the course of the trial.

Any case is sent to the Crown Court from the local magistrates court and records for these courts are sent to the County Record Office after a certain number of years and indexed but they may also be closed to public searches, ask at the local magistrates court or check on line the rules.

certainly the local paper is your best starting point, where did they live exactly?