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March 03, 2006
Defend the Children of the Poor & Punish the Wrongdoer
The proceedings of the Old Bailey from 1674 to 1834 are now available on-line (via Yummy Wakame). Accounts of over one-hundred thousand criminal trials are included. Take Isabel Harris, for example.
Isabel Harris , was indicted for stealing a Riding-hood, a Gown, and Petticoat , the Goods of Thomas Elliot , March 3. Guilty .
Her sentence? Transportation.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at March 3, 2006 07:33 AM
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