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dimity-lawn · 23 days

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From the Trial Account of Margaret Hicks for Royal Offences (seditious words), 8th April 1719. (Old Bailey Reference Number: t17190408-25)

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theworldatwar · 6 months

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A photo of the Old Bailey from a destroyed building after it narrowly missed being destroyed itself during a particularly heavy German raid - London, England, Oct 1940

#world war two #1940s #worldwar2photos #history #ww2 history #ww2 #wwii #world war 2 #ww2history #wwii era #old bailey #1940 #the old Bailey #London #England #great britain #air raid #the blitz #the Battle of Britain

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thelastofthebookworms · 1 year

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Other polls (including part 2) in my pinned post.

#polls #neverwhere #neil gaiman #fantasy #mr croup #old bailey #the abbott #jessica #anaesthesia #hunter #the marquis de carabas

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stairnaheireann · 7 months

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#OTD in 1750 – Death of highwayman, “Captain” James MacLaine.

Born in Co Monaghan, MacLaine was a notorious highwayman with his accomplice William Plunkett. He was known as the “Gentleman Highwayman” as a result of his courteous behaviour during his robberies. He famously robbed Horace Walpole, and was eventually hanged at Tyburn. The film Plunkett and Macleane was based loosely on his exploits. MacLaine was the second of two sons of an Irish Presbyterian…

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#Captain James MacLaine #Darby Mercury #England #Hanged #Highwayman #Horace Walpole #Hyde Park #London #Newgate prison #Old Bailey #Tyburn #William Plunkett

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eaglesnick · 9 months

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“Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?” (Lillian Hellman)

‘In a dramatic escalation of tensions over the role of juries in criminal trials, a Crown Court Judge has referred 24 people, including doctors, a priest, an Olympic Gold medallist, a retired Detective Sergeant and a former Government lawyer, to the Attorney General for contempt of court for holding up signs outside court. If prosecuted and convicted the 24 could now face up to 2 years’ imprisonment.’

The signs in question simply stated:

“Jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience.”

This message is simply quoting a plaque in the Old Bailey commemorating the historic decision in the Court of Common Pleas that judges “may try to open the eyes of juries, but not lead them by the nose.” This case “established the right of juries to give their verdict according to their convictions”.

So, although there is a plaque within the precincts of the Old Bailey for ALL to read, a judge has deemed it unlawful for the same words to be held up on placards outside the Old Bailey!

Why would a judge feel so strongly about this?

Back in February –March this year, three climate change protestors were given prison sentences. Serves then right, some would say – blocking the roads, causing a nuisance, disrupting ordinary peoples everyday business they deserve to be punished. Maybe, maybe not, but that wasn’t what they were imprisoned for.

They were imprisoned not for protesting, but for refusing to obey the judges ruling that they could not tell the jury WHY they were protesting, The judge refused them the right to explain to the jury that CLIMATE CRISIS was their motivation for protesting. When they ignored his instructions they were imprisoned for contempt of court.

It is a very sad day when a defendant cannot tell a jury the motives behind his or her actions.

It is even more worrying when holding up a sign quoting words on display within the Old Bailey itself also becomes a criminal offence.

I am usually not a great believer in conspiracy theories but you have to wonder why climate crisis protestors are forbidden to explain their motives to a jury when being prosecuted.

#uk politics #uk justice #injustice #old bailey #protestors #contempt of court #climate crisis #silencing #fair trials #bias

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sydney-carton-of-sour-milk · 2 years

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ATTENTION A TALE OF TWO CITIES ENJOYERS

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This is an online model of the Old Bailey as it was at the time of the Old Bailey trial in A Tale of Two Cities!

#A Tale of Two Cities #AToTC #Old Bailey #Dickens #History #Miscellaneous #found this during my pitch class and still treasure and cherish it #sooooo much fun to mess with and amazing fanart ref #you have to click the settings icon in the upper right and hit Enable 3D Navigation!#the whole project is spectacular

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insidecroydon · 20 days

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Murdered woman's body was 'cut into pieces' Old Bailey told

The body of a murdered woman was “cut into pieces with powertools”, a court at the Old Bailey was told this morning. Sarah Mayhew’s remains were found in Rowdown Fields in New Addington last week, prompting a murder hunt and a massive police operation to search the area. Two people – Gemma Watts (originally identified by the Metropolitan Police as Gemma Saundercock), 48, of Holmbury Grove,…

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#Central Criminal Court #Fieldway #Forestdale #Gemma Saundercock #Gemma Watts #Judge Philip Katz KC #Metropolitan Police #New Addington #Old Bailey #Sarah Mayhew #Steve Samson

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oh-dear-so-queer · 2 months

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In 1719, Catherine Jones appeared before the criminal court of the Old Bailey in London charged with bigamy for making a second marriage when her husband of six years, John Rowland, was abroad. Her defence was that her marriage to Constantine Boone was no real marriage as Boone was a hermaphrodite.

According to the less-than-reliable record of the Newgate Calendar, a witness told the court that Constantine Boone had been raised as a girl and taught needlework until she ran away to sea as a 12-year-old boy. Catherine Jones said in her defence that Constantine Boone had been exhibited as a hermaphrodite at Bartholomew Fair and other places. Constantine Boone confirmed that this was true, and other witnesses said that Constantine Boone tended to be more female than male. The jury accepted the defence – that there was no marriage since Constantine Boone was a hermaphrodite, and released Catherine Jones from the charge of bigamy.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

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qupritsuvwix · 2 months

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#life sentence #great britain #old bailey

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dimity-lawn · 4 months

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From the Trial Account of Thomas Booth for Conspiracy, 16th January 1765. (Old Bailey Reference Number: t17650116-43).

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tfg5 · 6 months

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#open:neverwhere #old bailey

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thelocalreport8 · 7 months

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Businessman jailed for 8 years over London legal district bomb plot

Businessman Jonathan Nuttall, 50, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for eight years and two months for plotting to plant two bombs in London’s legal district over a £1.4 million legal wrangle with the National Crime Agency.

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#Bomb #businessman #district #Jailed #legal #London #National Crime Agency #Old Bailey #Plot #Years

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stairnaheireann · 2 years

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#OTD in 1750 – Death of highwayman, “Captain” James MacLaine.

Born in Co Monaghan, MacLaine was a notorious highwayman with his accomplice William Plunkett. He was known as the “Gentleman Highwayman” as a result of his courteous behaviour during his robberies. He famously robbed Horace Walpole, and was eventually hanged at Tyburn. The film Plunkett and Macleane was based loosely on his exploits. MacLaine was the second of two sons of an Irish Presbyterian…

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#Captain James MacLaine #Darby Mercury #England #Hanged #Highwayman #Horace Walpole #Hyde Park #London #Newgate prison #Old Bailey #Tyburn #William Plunkett

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pureanonofficial · 4 months

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Please, God, let me live again.

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) dir. Frank Capra

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insidecroydon · 2 months

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Teenager pleads not guilty to murder of Elianne Andam

The 17-year-old boy charged with the murder of Elianne Andam outside the Whitgift Centre last September this morning entered a not guilty plea at an Old Bailey hearing. Killed in the street: Elianne Andam He pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter. The boy, who cannot be named because he is under 18, also pleaded not guilty to possessing a blade in a public place. Andam, who was aged…

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#Central Criminal Court #Elianne Andam #knife crime #Old Bailey #Old Palace #Old Palace of John Whitgift School #youth knife crime

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wellingtonnz · 2 years

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Monteith's Black at the Old Bailey, Lambton Quay

#wellington nz #old bailey #beer #monteith #dark ale

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