Old Bailey

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Old Bailey [1]

A Court or Sessions house adjoining Newgate ( q. v .), in London, for the trial of offences committed within a certain radius round the city, and practically presided over by the Recorder and the Common Serjeant of London, though theoretically by the Lord Mayor, Lord Chancellor, and others.

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