The central criminal court has jurisdiction over certain parishes adjacent to London.
When sitting in its capacity as a criminal court it is known as the tribunal correctionnel.
By the Central Criminal Court Act 1834, cognizance of crimes committed within the jurisdiction of the admiralty was given to the central criminal court.
The chief courts for the trial of criminal cases are the Central Criminal Court and the Court of Quarter-sessions.
On the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly he became judge of the criminal court at Douai.
