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Magistrates' status gives senators sway

...newspaper shows a third of the state's magistrates are employed in a status that gives...Sunday that 107 of the state's 314 magistrates, or 34 percent, are on what's called...county's Senate delegation nominates magistrates, who are then appointed by the governor...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/07/07/met_464819.shtml
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Augusta lawyer Brian Epps selected as federal magistrate judge

...serve as one of four magistrate judges in the Southern...cases.Wood said the magistrate judges also may preside...the parties agree.The magistrates serve eight-year terms.Epps is replacing Magistrate Judge W. Leon Barfield...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-29/augusta-lawyer-brian-e
Respect is a Father's Day gift better than any ugly necktie

...working two or three jobs.Shaw would have to work three or four jobs ? full-time ? to pay the child support he owes, Magistrate Scott Rosenburg estimated.But Shaw can't pay it. He admits to playing the Tennessee lottery frequently, but darn it...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/joe-hotchkiss-columns/2013-06-15/respect-fa
Case against Oscar Pistorius postponed until August

...athlete appeared composed as Acting Chief Magistrate Daniel Thulare postponed the case until...just three words in court after the magistrate asked him if he understood he was still...world's headlines, but Acting Chief Magistrate Thulare also warned Tuesday of "scandalous...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2013-06-04/case-against-oscar-p
Local attorney sworn in as magistrate judge

Brian K. Epps, 40, partner of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton in Augusta, has been sworn in as a magistrate judge.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-06-06/local-attorney-sworn-magistra
Augusta man who killed neighbor's dog pleads guilty

...Jackson, was cited for failure to keep animal under control in the incident. He pleaded guilty March 21 in Richmond County Magistrate Court and was sentenced to six months probation and fined $400. The conditions also include making restitution and not to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-06-11/augusta-man-who-killed
Clerk offered new position

...month after nine years as clerk of Richmond County Civil and Magistrates Court, still has a job in Augusta government. Now on administrative...with Gaynell Bonner, who will become the clerk of Civil and Magistrates Court, said City Administrator Randy Oliver. Neither Mr...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/08/04/met_267107.shtml
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Lawmakers prefile bills

...improve the graduation rate, streamline elections and allow magistrates to have longer careers.Rep. Roland Smith, R-Warrenville...3151, which would raise the mandatory retirement age for magistrates from 72 to 75.Rep. Tom Young, R-Aiken, reintroduced...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2010-12-07/lawmakers-prefile-bills
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Aiken County lawmakers push early bills

...improve the graduation rate, streamline elections and allow magistrates to have longer careers.Rep. Roland Smith, R-Warrenville...3151, which would raise the mandatory retirement age for magistrates from 72 to 75.Rep. Tom Young, R-Aiken, reintroduced...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2010-12-07/aiken-county-lawmakers-push-
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Judge: Firing not in vengeance

For nine years, Vera Butler has been the Clerk of Civil and Magistrates Court. Seven weeks after she spoke publicly about pay inequities, she is unemployed. Mrs. Butler was placed on paid administrative...

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