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The Old Bailey and its trials.

Title
The Old Bailey and its trials.
Author
O'Donnell, Bernard, 1885-
Publication
New York, Macmillan, 1951.

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Description
226 pages illustrations; 22 cm
Subject
  • Great Britain. Central Criminal Court
  • Trials > Great Britain
  • Trials
  • Great Britain
Contents
1. Then and now -- 2. Newgate and the social scene -- 3. Earliest trials -- 4. St. Sepulchre's bell of doom -- 5. High treason and highwaymen -- 6. Introducing a hangman -- 7. Virtue and villainy -- 8. Chaplains as gallows birds -- 9. Reformers versus authorities -- 10. Two bad men and some others -- 11. Farewell to the "old" Old Bailey -- 12. Old Bailey tradition -- 13. The "new" Old Bailey -- 14. Some colourful imposters -- 15. Echo of the Oscar Wilde case -- 16. Goliaths of crime -- 17. Men who killed twice -- 18. The Old Bailey of the future.
LCCN
51004183
OCLC
  • ocm01559890
  • 1559890
  • SCSB-773925
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library