The Central Criminal Court Act 1856
WHEREAS it would contribute to the better Administration of Criminal Justice in England and Wales if Persons charged with indictable Offences committed out of the Jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court were rendered liable to be tried in certain Cases at the said Central Criminal Court: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authorit...