... can appeal to the Crown Court against either conviction or sentence or both. An appeal to the Crown Court takes the form of a complete rehearing of the case with witnesses but without a jury. The Crown Court has power to confirm, reverse or vary the decision under appeal, or to remit the case with its opinion thereon to the Magistrates' Court which made the decision. If the appeal is decided against the accused, the Crown Court has power to impose any sentence which the magistrates' court could have imposed. A further appeal lies, at the instance of either the defence or the prosecution, from the decision of the Crown Court by way of case stated to the Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division, but only on the grounds that the decision is wrong in law or was given in excess of jurisdiction As an alternative to appealing to the Crown ...

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