The case discussed under bail concerns the defendant's failure to surrender to custody because he misunderstood the court order. The paper comments on a judge's responsibility to make sure the defendant understands the full meaning of the oath and a ruling regarding a subsequent indictment offered as evidence in a trial. Another case clarifies the powers of the crown court on an appeal from the magistrates' court when it was alleged that a guilty plea was equivocal. Among the trial issues discussed are allowing a trial to continue when the defendant absconds and a discharged juror's contact with other jurors. The paper examines a trial judge's discretion as to whether to accept an alteration in the verdict pronounced by a jury, as well as several cases involving the scope and nature of appeals from the magistrates' courts. Other cases address the courts' powers to award costs against the prosecution, evidence in a rape trial, and the admission as evidence of a defendant's partly adverse statement.