Thanks, Tim . Great site. Haven't found any miscreants in my lines as yet, probably because most lived far away from London! Lots of other interesting crimes and punishments. Brings to mind, Rumpole of the Bailey. I have a couple of seasons on DVD and try to always observe"she who must be obeyed" Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:01 AM Subject: STOWELL Digest, Vol 3, Issue 9 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. London's Criminal Court - 1674-1913 (Tim Stowell) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 01:18:16 -0400 > From: Tim Stowell <[email protected]> > Subject: [STOWELL] London's Criminal Court - 1674-1913 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > We don't often talk about Stowell folks across the pond - this is an > exception: > > This came across a county list yesterday - pretty neat: > > I was sent this link to thousands of records that London's famous Old > Bailey prison has just put online. Interesting to say the least. > Since many early settlers were transportees, perhaps a relative will > be found (: > > http://www.oldbaileyonline.org.uk/ > The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 > > A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the > lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal > trials held at London's central criminal court. > > Due to high demand, the site is currently running slowly and some > services may be temporarily unavailable. Please accept our apologies for > any inconvenience caused > > Tim Stowell > Chattanooga, TN > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the STOWELL list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the STOWELL mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of STOWELL Digest, Vol 3, Issue 9 > ************************************* >