The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913

A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court. If you are new to this site, you may find the Getting Started and Guide to Searching videos and tutorials helpful.

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New Features: API and Citation Guidance

The April 2012 update (version 7.0) provides access and instructions for using the Old Bailey API, and, in order to credit properly the full team that produced the Old Bailey Online, new guidance for citing this website. For further information, see What's New (April 2012).

About this Project

A collaboration between the Universities of Hertfordshire and Sheffield and the Open University, this project was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Big Lottery Fund. Project Directors are Clive Emsley, Tim Hitchcock, and Robert Shoemaker; the project manager is Sharon Howard and the chief technical officer is Jamie McLaughlin. It is published by HRI Online Publications, and technical services were provided by the Higher Education Digitisation Service and HRI Digital at the Humanities Research Institute. See About this Project.

On this day in... 1716

Two men refused to plead to a charge of highway robbery and murder and so had their thumbs tied and pulled with a cord until they agreed to enter a plea. read more

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