Talk:Courts of New York

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Court of General Sessions

On January 1, 1880, the New York Times published a brief article found here (the second article at that link) saying that James Fitzgerald will take a seat on the "Court of General Sessions". On Wikipedia, Court of General Sessions links to an article about colonial courts (also known as Quarter sessions) that is obviously not the type of court being referred to here. There are also several other articles listed in Special:WhatLinksHere/Court_of_general_sessions that are clearly linking to that incorrect content. See, particularly, the links from Annie Reilly, Johnny Hope, Martin T. McMahon, Pat Hearne, and Wreck Donovan. These mostly seem to refer to New York courts of 1860–1906. There is a link in New York's 20th congressional district that is for 1955–1956 and a link in Francis Xavier Mancuso for a similar period or later. What is the correct interpretation of "Court of General Sessions"? —BarrelProof (talk) 16:45, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

I found some further information about it, and added some of that to the Quarter session article. The Court of General Sessions of New York County was abolished in 1961 and had existed since 1683, making it the oldest criminal court in the United States at the time.

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