11.   District zemstvo assemblies elected Justices of the Peace to deal with minor offences.

12.   For the past few months Chinese courts have also been handing out much tougher prison terms for relatively minor offences, observers noted.

13.   Hart, surrounded by angry Spurs players, incredibly waved play on although he later booked Bosnich for the relatively minor offence of time-wasting.

14.   He told newspapers in the United Arab Emirates that he would also try to obtain pardons for Filipinos in the kingdom convicted of minor offences.

15.   But there were no reports of serious trouble before the match with just eight arrests for minor offences, said police.

16.   The only discordant note was the arrest of four English fans overnight in connection for minor offences, including stealing football shirts from a bar.

17.   They said it was customary for the head of state to free prisoners serving jail terms for minor offences and reduce the sentences of others to mark religious occasions.

18.   Under the British judicial system, volunteer magistrates like Wilkes, hear the early stages of nearly all cases, and pass judgement and sentence for minor offences.

19.   Many in the England camp feel Atherton was harshly penalised for a minor offence.

20.   Prosecutors charged the company president with bribing Sohn but allowed him to remain free pending trial -- a common practice here for minor offences.