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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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Revision as of 19:36, 6 August 2007
Contents
The English Legal System
Trials and Court Hearings
- The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834 Also has old maps and other info about London history.
- Famous Trials Worldwide
See also separate section on Convict Transportation
Murder
Executions-Executioners
- History of Crime and Detection with specific reference to Shropshire
Gaols
- Aylesbury Prison in the 1870s Includes details of the prisoner's crime and sentence, and, in some instances, his photograph.
- Warwick County Prison between 1800 and 1900 Inmates Database
- Derby Gaol 1756-1825 List of Executed Prisoners
- A History of Newgate Prison including List of Inmates and Victims
- HMP Parkhurst Prisoners and Warders in the 19th Century
- Inveraray Prisonincluding prisoners who were deported]
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