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Court number one : the Old Bailey trials that defined modern Britain / Thomas Grant.

By: Grant, Thomas (Barrister) [author.].Publisher: London : John Murray, 2019Description: 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781473651623; 9781473651616.Subject(s): Great Britain. Central Criminal Court -- History | Criminal law -- England -- London -- Cases | Trials -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century | Trials -- England -- London -- History -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 345.10421
Contents:
Court number one, the Old Bailey -- I. Spectacle -- The Camden Town murder : R v Wood (1907) -- 'The cult of the clitoris' : R v Billing (1918) -- II. Glamour -- Unnatural practices : R v Fahmy (1923) -- Poor little rich girl : R v Barney (1932) -- III. War -- Haw-haw : R v Joyce (1945) -- IV. Gloom -- 'Christie done it' : R v Evans (1950) -- 7. 'It is obvious that when I shot him I intended to kill him' : R v Ellis (1955) -- V. Politics -- 'Equipment for a spy' : R v Martelli (1963) -- 'Trial of the century' : R v Thorpe (1979) -- 'No apologies and no regrets' : R v Randle and Pottle (1991) -- 'There is no greater task for the criminal justice system than to protect the vulnerable' : R v Huntley and Carr (2003) -- Appendix I. The Old Bailey - a brief history from 1907 -- Appendix II. The Criminal Trial / His Honour Judge Edward Bindloss.
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Book House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey 345.10421 GRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 014899

Court number one, the Old Bailey -- I. Spectacle -- The Camden Town murder : R v Wood (1907) -- 'The cult of the clitoris' : R v Billing (1918) -- II. Glamour -- Unnatural practices : R v Fahmy (1923) -- Poor little rich girl : R v Barney (1932) -- III. War -- Haw-haw : R v Joyce (1945) -- IV. Gloom -- 'Christie done it' : R v Evans (1950) -- 7. 'It is obvious that when I shot him I intended to kill him' : R v Ellis (1955) -- V. Politics -- 'Equipment for a spy' : R v Martelli (1963) -- 'Trial of the century' : R v Thorpe (1979) -- 'No apologies and no regrets' : R v Randle and Pottle (1991) -- 'There is no greater task for the criminal justice system than to protect the vulnerable' : R v Huntley and Carr (2003) -- Appendix I. The Old Bailey - a brief history from 1907 -- Appendix II. The Criminal Trial / His Honour Judge Edward Bindloss.

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