Court number one : the Old Bailey trials that defined modern Britain - Grant, Thomas (Barrister) (London : John Murray, 2019)
Part I. Spectacle -- The Camden Town Murder : R v Wood (1907) -- 'The cult of the clitoris' : R v Billing (1918) -- Part II. Glamour -- Unnatural practices : R v Fahmy (1923) -- Poor little rich girl : R v. Barney (1932) -- Part III. War -- Haw-haw : R v Joyce (1945) -- Part IV. 'Christie done it' : R v Evans (1950) -- 'It is obvious that when I shot him I intended to kill him' : R v Ellis (1955) -- Part V. Politics -- 'Equipment for a spy' : R v Martelli (1963) -- 'Trial of the century' : R v Thorpe (1979) -- 'No apologies and no regrets' : R v Randle and Pottle (1991) -- Part VI. Grief -- 'There is no greater task for the criminal justice system than to protect the vulnerable' : R v Huntley and Carr (2003) -- Appendix I. The Old Bailey : a brief history from 1907 -- Appendix II. The criminal trial / by His Honour Judge Edward Bindloss.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Great Britain. -- Central Criminal Court -- History; Trials -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century; Trials -- England -- London -- History -- 21st century; Criminal law -- England -- London -- Cases