The bar and the Old Bailey, 1750-1850 / Allyson N. May.

Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.

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Criminal justice, Administration of -- England -- History.

Criminal procedure -- England -- History.

Trial practice -- England -- History.

Old Bailey.

Courts -- History.

Criminal justice, administration of -- History.

Criminal procedure -- History.

1. London, crime, and criminal justice

2. The emergence of a criminal bar in London

3. Constructing a career

4. The criminal trial before the Prisoner's Counsel Act

5. Public reaction and professional concerns

6. The bar, the bench, and the central criminal court

7. Changing the rules: the Prisoner's Counsel Act

8. Justifying advocacy

Conclusion

Appendix: Counsel at the Old Bailey, 1783-1850.

Includes bibliography and index.

0807828068

xii, 361 p. : ill.