TY - BOOK AU - Grant,Thomas TI - Court number one: the Old Bailey trials that defined modern Britain SN - 9781473651623 U1 - 345.10421 PY - 2019/// CY - London PB - John Murray KW - Great Britain KW - Central Criminal Court KW - History KW - Criminal law KW - England KW - London KW - Cases KW - Trials KW - 20th century KW - 21st century N1 - 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 ER -