Copyright Information and Citation Guide
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey
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Images of the Proceedings from December 1714 to October 1834 are reproduced from the microfilm programme "The Old Bailey Proceedings", published by Harvester Microform, a former imprint of the Gale Group. Images from the Proceedings from November 1834 to 1913 have been scanned from a microfilm produced by Hudson House Associates, Inc., under the imprint of Trans-Media Microfilms and are the property of The Old Bailey Online Project.
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Citation Guide
Users who wish to cite material from the website in publications should, as with all internet publications, cite the URL (www.oldbaileyonline.org) and the date on which the website was consulted.
If you wish to cite one of the pages from the Historical Background or About the Proceedings sections, please identify Clive Emsley, Tim Hitchcock and Robert Shoemaker as the authors, and use the following format:
Clive Emsley, Tim Hitchcock and Robert Shoemaker, "Gender in the Proceedings", Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 17 June 2008).
If you wish to cite text from a trial, please include the month and year of the sessions, the defendant's name, and the trial reference number (found at the top of each trial), using the following format:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 17 June 2008), April 1754, trial of Elizabeth Canning (t17540424-60).
Subsequent citations in the same publication could use a shortened form, such as:
Old Bailey Proceedings[or OBP], April 1754, Elizabeth Canning (t17540424-60).
To cite whole Sessions, if for instance you are referring to jury lists, or summary information use the following format:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 17 June 2008), 15 April 1724 (17240415).
To cite one of the Ordinary of Newgate's Accounts use the following format:
Old Bailey Proceedings (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 17 June 2008), Ordinary of Newgate's Account, 27 June 1726 (OA17260627).
Subsequent citations could use a shortened form such as:
OBP, Ordinary's Account, 27 June 1726 (OA17260627).