Upcoming trials at old bailey

Keyword s. Reference No. Patrick Hoy, a chairman, allegedly murdered the night watchman for Brompton, Edward Cox, after asking Cox to light his way to London. The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing , criminal trials held at London's central criminal court. The work includes the huge and complicated task of assigning cases to courts, ensuring that there are always cases ready and waiting to be heard, with witnesses, defendants and counsel available Daily case listings Proceedings - The public galleries Access is free and based on a first come first served basis Seating cannot be reserved under any circumstances Groups, maximum 20 people, need to call in advance Please note There is no admission for children under 14 and proof of age may be requested by security.

Visitors who wish to watch court proceedings from the public galleries are requested to dress appropriately or entry to the court building will be refused. No large bags or rucksacks are allowed in the building, though handbags are acceptable. Also no electronic devices, food or drink are allowed. There are no facilities for the safekeeping of such items available at the entrance to the public galleries.

Please follow any local arrangements inside the court building and remember to keep 2m distance from other people wherever possible. You must not come to court if you have symptoms of coronavirus, or are self-isolating because you live with someone that does. History of the Court and its famous trials Now a crown court centre, it hears cases from the City of London and the Greater London area, and those remitted to it from England and Wales.

New building Extremely poor conditions for prisoners and the fast spreading of many diseases, meant a new prison was needed. Most pre records are held in other archives, most significantly at the London Metropolitan Archives. However, The National Archives does hold some pre records. For trials of crimes committed in London south of the Thames before you need to look at the records of assize courts for Surrey. Records from the last 20 to 30 years are not held at The National Archives.

For these records contact the Ministry of Justice. See their advice on Freedom of Information requests. Under the Central Criminal Court Act of , the court could also hear cases outside its ordinary jurisdiction to ensure a fair trial where local prejudice existed or where, due to its frequent sessions, it could offer an early trial and so avoid the delay in waiting for the next assizes.

To this day, criminal cases from other parts of England and Wales are occasionally dealt with by the court. When crown courts replaced assize courts in the title Central Criminal Court was retained for the crown court sitting in London.

Trials for people accused of felonies serious crimes and the more serious cases of misdemeanors crimes less serious than felonies were and still are held at the court. This included the following crimes:.

The most detailed records you are likely to find for any trial are known as proceedings or sometimes sessions papers. They provide summaries of trials and what was said in court. They vary in length and detail, from reports of a few dozen words to detailed transcripts.

The first published account of trials held at the Old Bailey dates from and from to accounts of trials were regularly published. These published proceedings were produced for public consumption.

Published proceedings ceased in by which time they had become largely redundant in the face of newspaper reports of trials.

The original proceedings are held at a variety of libraries and not at The National Archives but they are available to search and view online at the Old Bailey Proceedings Online website. The Chadwyck Healey microfiche collection of British Trials which also includes a few trials from is available in The National Archives reading rooms and in some major libraries.

These unofficial contemporary accounts of trials were originally published as pamphlets and sold to the general public.

They are accompanied by separate name indexes. Accounts of trials held at the Old Bailey after are most likely to survive only in newspaper reports. Often newspapers recorded proceedings in great detail. You can search by name of defendant, type of crime or date for transcripts of proceedings from a small selection of trials, in DPP 4, and transcripts of proceedings , again from a selection of trials, in TS Sorry, we are not accepting comments on this article.

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