LEADER 03149nam 2200601 450 001 9910461452603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-20203-4 010 $a9786613202031 010 $a0-8264-4292-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000106521 035 $a(EBL)742530 035 $a(OCoLC)741691392 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000522331 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12214911 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522331 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10528583 035 $a(PQKB)10059911 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC742530 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL742530 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10866844 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL320203 035 $a(OCoLC)893335408 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000106521 100 $a19980306d1998 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnglish criminal justice in the nineteenth century /$fDavid Bentley 210 1$aLondon ;$aRio Grande, Ohio :$cHambledon Press,$d1998. 215 $a1 online resource (335 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-85285-135-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Evidence 327 $a23 Corroboration and Identification24 The Concluding Stages of the Trial; 25 Appellate Remedies; 26 Conclusion; Table of Cases; Index 330 $aAn 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 606 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aCriminal procedure$zGreat Britain$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCriminal justice, Administration of$xHistory. 615 0$aCriminal procedure$xHistory. 676 $a347.42 700 $aBentley$b D. J$g(David Jeffrey),$0793534 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461452603321 996 $aEnglish criminal justice in the nineteenth century$91992083 997 $aUNINA