Joinder of charges allows related accused to be tried together when offences arise from the same transaction, subject to court discretion. Joinder of charges permits persons to be charged and tried together where their alleged conduct is legally connected: same offence in the same transaction, an offence and its abetment or attempt, different offences in the same transaction, multiple jointly committed offences within a temporal nexus, offences involving transfer of property and persons receiving or concealing that property, and related counterfeit coin offences. A court may also consolidate separate charges on written application if no prejudice results and consolidation is expedient.