03115nam 2200589 450 991078967910332120230421053732.01-283-20203-497866132020310-8264-4292-7(CKB)2670000000106521(EBL)742530(OCoLC)741691392(SSID)ssj0000522331(PQKBManifestationID)12214911(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522331(PQKBWorkID)10528583(PQKB)10059911(MiAaPQ)EBC742530(Au-PeEL)EBL742530(CaPaEBR)ebr10866844(CaONFJC)MIL320203(OCoLC)893335408(EXLCZ)99267000000010652119980306d1998 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnglish criminal justice in the nineteenth century /David BentleyLondon ;Rio Grande, Ohio :Hambledon Press,1998.1 online resource (335 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-85285-135-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The System; 2 Summary Trial; 3 Committal for Trial; 4 Preparing for Trial; 5 Pre-Trial Publicity; 6 The Court of Trial; 7 Conditions at Trial; 8 Judges; 9 Officials; 10 Trial Juries; 11 Lawyers; 12 Representation by Counsel; 13 The Indictment; 14 The Prosecution Case; 15 The Prisoner's Incompetence to Testify; 16 The Incompetency Rule: The First Reforms; 17 The Campaign for a Prisoners' Evidence Act; 18 Reform; 19 The Rules of Criminal Evidence; 20 Hearsay; 21 Confessions and Police Interrogation; 22 Character and Similar Fact Evidence23 Corroboration and Identification24 The Concluding Stages of the Trial; 25 Appellate Remedies; 26 Conclusion; Table of Cases; IndexAn account of the 19th-century criminal justice system as a whole, from the crimes committed and the classification of offences to the different courts and their procedure. The author describes the stages of criminal prosecution - committal, indictment, trial, verdict and punishment - and the judges, lawyers and juries, highlighting the significant changes in the rules of evidence during the century. He looks at reform of the old system and assesses how far it was brought about by lawyers themselves and how far by external forces. Finally, he considers the fairness of the system, both as seen Criminal justice, Administration ofGreat BritainHistoryCriminal procedureGreat BritainHistoryCriminal justice, Administration ofHistory.Criminal procedureHistory.347.42Bentley D. J(David Jeffrey),793534MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789679103321English criminal justice in the nineteenth century3835210UNINA