The Court of Cassation hears appeals from the assize courts and the courts of appeal. In place of assize courts of England, there were Courts of Great Sessions. The courts of assize were granted the power to enforce these regulations. Montauban is the seat of a bishop and a court of assize. Stourbridge was listed in the 1255 Worcestershire assize roll as Sturbrug or Sturesbridge. Reports vary as to the total number of deaths that occurred in the "Black Assize". He was made a Commissioner of the Assize and K.C.V.O. This event is known locally as The Bloody Assize. This was immediately behind the Assize Courts. The Black Assize of Exeter 1586 was another notable outbreak. But Zola achieved his aim&colon; the opening of a public debate at the Assize Court. He used polychromatic stonework at Manchester Assize Courts. In York, there is an annual charity event known as the Assize of Ale. In 1957, she was the first woman to sit as a Commissioner of Assize. To these the Assize of Northampton (1176) added counterfeiting, forgery, and arson.