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==The English Legal System==
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*[http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about_judiciary/judges_and_the_constitution/history_of_the_judiciary/index.htm History of the Judiciary ]
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*[http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/aboutus/history/magistrates.htm History of Justices of the Peace (magistrates)]
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*[http://www.magistrateswestyorks.org.uk/history.html Another History of Justices of the Peace]
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*[http://www.schools.bedfordshire.gov.uk/gaol/ccourts.htm A brief description of the 19th Century Criminal Justice System]
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*[http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/acs-records-education-newslettersummer2007.doc Courts of Quarter Sessions]
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*[http://www.schools.bedfordshire.gov.uk/gaol/ccourts.htm Criminal Courts in the 19th Century]
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*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/cs/quarter_sessions.htm The Quarter Sessions]
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*[http://freespace.virgin.net/owston.tj/quartses.htm Quarter Sessions Records- what they hold]
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*[http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Research_Guide:_Assizes_-_Criminal_Trials History of Assize Courts]
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==Trials and Court Hearings==
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*[http://www.oldbaileyonline.org The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834 ] Also has old maps and other info about London history.
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*[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm Famous Trials] Worldwide
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*[http://www.infopt.demon.co.uk/grub/grub.htm Early 18th Century Crime Reports]
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*[http://www.yeoldesussexpages.com/misc/genealog/gene.htm Important English trials 1649-1895]
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*[http://www.schools.bedfordshire.gov.uk/gaol/ccourts.htm Criminal Courts in the 19th Century]
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*[http://www.toughtimesandgrislycrimes.co.uk/ A History of Crime in Northumberland and Durham]
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*[http://www.llgc.org.uk/sesiwn_fawr/index_s.htm Court of Great Sessions in Wales from 1730 until 1830.]
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*[http://www.genealogytoday.com/au/articles/convict_research.html Convicts tried at Nottingham Borough Quarter Sessions Assizes]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/sessions.html Kent Quarter Sessions Indices]
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*[http://www.yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk/assizes.htm An index of over 8000 prisoners brought to trial at York Assizes between 1785 and 1851]
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*[http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/CRIME.htm A database of persons tried at the Derbyshire Petty Sessions and Quarter Sessions 1770-1828.]
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*[http://history.powys.org.uk/history/common/crimenu.html Crime and Puishment in Powys]
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*[http://www.rootschat.com/history/hastings/content/view/46/30 Prisoners sentenced to transportation from Lewes Assizes between c1790 and c1850]
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*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/Libraries/arls/pdf/courtrecords.pdf A guide to Court and Prison Records in Manchester]
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*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches]
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'''See also separate section on [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Emigration_and_Immigration Convict Transportation ]'''
  
  
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==The English Legal System==
 
 
 
*[http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about_judiciary/judges_and_the_constitution/history_of_the_judiciary/index.htm History of the Judiciary ]
 
 
*[http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/aboutus/history/magistrates.htm History of Justices of the Peace (magistrates)]
 
 
*[http://www.magistrateswestyorks.org.uk/history.html Another History of Justices of the Peace]
 
 
*[http://www.schools.bedfordshire.gov.uk/gaol/ccourts.htm A brief description of the 19th Century Criminal Justice System]
 
 
*[http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/acs-records-education-newslettersummer2007.doc Courts of Quarter Sessions]
 
 
*[http://www.schools.bedfordshire.gov.uk/gaol/ccourts.htm Criminal Courts in the 19th Century]
 
 
*[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/cs/quarter_sessions.htm The Quarter Sessions]
 
 
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/owston.tj/quartses.htm Quarter Sessions Records- what they hold]
 
 
*[http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Research_Guide:_Assizes_-_Criminal_Trials History of Assize Courts]
 
  
  
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==Trials and Court Hearings==
 
  
  
*[http://www.oldbaileyonline.org The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834 ] Also has old maps and other info about London history.
 
 
*[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm Famous Trials] Worldwide
 
 
*[http://www.infopt.demon.co.uk/grub/grub.htm Early 18th Century Crime Reports]
 
 
*[http://www.yeoldesussexpages.com/misc/genealog/gene.htm Important English trials 1649-1895]
 
 
*[http://www.schools.bedfordshire.gov.uk/gaol/ccourts.htm Criminal Courts in the 19th Century]
 
 
*[http://www.toughtimesandgrislycrimes.co.uk/ A History of Crime in Northumberland and Durham]
 
 
*[http://www.llgc.org.uk/sesiwn_fawr/index_s.htm Court of Great Sessions in Wales from 1730 until 1830.]
 
 
*[http://www.genealogytoday.com/au/articles/convict_research.html Convicts tried at Nottingham Borough Quarter Sessions Assizes]
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/sessions.html Kent Quarter Sessions Indices]
 
 
*[http://www.yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk/assizes.htm An index of over 8000 prisoners brought to trial at York Assizes between 1785 and 1851]
 
 
*[http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/CRIME.htm A database of persons tried at the Derbyshire Petty Sessions and Quarter Sessions 1770-1828.]
 
 
*[http://history.powys.org.uk/history/common/crimenu.html Crime and Puishment in Powys]
 
 
*[http://www.rootschat.com/history/hastings/content/view/46/30 Prisoners sentenced to transportation from Lewes Assizes between c1790 and c1850]
 
 
*[http://www.manchester.gov.uk/Libraries/arls/pdf/courtrecords.pdf A guide to Court and Prison Records in Manchester]
 
 
*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches]
 
 
 
'''See also separate section on [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Emigration_and_Immigration Convict Transportation ]'''
 
  
  

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