A swearing-in ceremony took place Wednesday afternoon at Kingston’s Ontario Court of Justice for Jeremy Doolan and William Todd, who were each appointed a Justice of the Peace following distinguished careers in law.

Doolan and Todd are among 40 others who were appointed this past May.

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Their roles will be to preside over adult criminal, youth criminal, family law, child welfare and provincial-offences matters, in accordance with the jurisdiction set out by municipal, provincial and federal laws.

They also have jurisdiction with respect to provincial-offences matters, including trials, most bail hearings, search warrants, criminal case-management court and hearing applications for peace bonds.

In a speech, Herb Kreling, the regional senior Justice of the Peace for th

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