They even begged the Praetors, Consuls and other magistrates. The court has jurisdiction to hear all appeals from decisions made in the Magistrates Court. They asked for government magistrates and courts. The arguments are clearly laid for the lay magistrates prosecuting witches. Presently the building is used as Courts of Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrates. However, most magistrates courts and district courts use Bengali. In Carthage there were two supreme magistrates, styled kings or suffetes (judges). Police units were under the rule of the district magistrates. Polychares petitioned the Spartan magistrates for justice. The first lay magistrates were appointed in 2005. In 2011, the Wisbech magistrates court closed. In the 1640s, constitutional issues arose concerning the power of the magistrates and assistants. Responsibility for recommending county magistrates lay with the custos rotulorum. In the Athenian Republic there were nine supreme magistrates, styled archons. Sub Divisional Magistrates exercise powers of Executive Magistrates.