Old Bailey

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Old Bailey

the chief court exercising criminal jurisdiction in London; the Central Criminal Court of England

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No references found			For the rest, the Old Bailey was famous as a kind of deadly inn-yard, from which pale travellers set out continually, in carts and coaches, on a violent passage into the other world: traversing some two miles and a half of public street and road, and shaming few good citizens, if any. A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context As I wanted a trial scene in the Old Bailey, I chose the period of 1700 for my purpose; but being shamefully ignorant of my subject, and my husband confessing to little more knowledge than I possessed, a London bookseller was commissioned to send us everything he could procure bearing on Old Bailey trials. Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context All the time he was jerking out these phrases he was stumping up and down the tavern on his crutch, slapping tables with his hand, and giving such a show of excitement as would have convinced an Old Bailey judge or a Bow Street runner. Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context			OLAP Services Olathe Olatunji, Babatunde Olaus Christensen Roemer Olav Duun Olav II Haraldsson Olav Kyrre Grepp Olav V Olavus Petri Olbers' paradox Olbers's paradox Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbia Olbracht, Ivan Olbrich, Josef Maria OLC Olcha Olcha Language Olchi Olcott, Henry Steel OLCP old old achromat Old Age Old Bailey Old Believers Old Ben Old Bogy Old Bulgar Old Canada Road Scenic Byway Old Castile Old Castile Plateau Old Catholic Church Old Catholics Old Christmas Day Old Church Slavonic Old Church Slavonic language Old Church Slavonicism Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park Old Czechs Old Davidsonville State Park Old Deuteronomy Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Site Old English old English bond Old English sheepdog Old English style Old Erie Canal State Historic Park Old Faithful old fart			Old and New Towns of Edinburgh Old and New Towns of Edinburgh Old and Putrid Old Antarctic Explorer Old Antarctic Explorers Association Old Apostolic Lutheran Church Old Aramaic Old Armenian Old Army Game old as Methuselah old as the hills Old Aspen Old Assyria Old Assyria Old Assyrian Old Assyrian Empire Old Assyrian Empire Old Assyrian Kingdoms Old Assyrian Kingdoms Old Assyrian language Old Assyrian period Old Assyrian period Old Athen Old avestan Old Babylonian Old Babylonian Empire Old Babylonian Empire Old Babylonian Text Corpus Old bachelor old bag Old Bailey Old Bailey Sessions Paper Old Barney Amateur Radio Club Old Bastard Old Bastards Wine Tasting old bat old bat old bat old bat old bats old bats old bats old bats old battle-axe Old Bedford Modernian Old Bedfordian Old Believer Old Believers Old Belife Old Belife Old Ben Old Bethpage Village Restoration Old Bexley Old Bexley Old Bike Barn Old Bill Old Bill Old Bill Old Bill Old Bill Old Bill

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