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, covering the years from 1674 – 1913.
This website provides the richly detailed evidence presented is generally accurate, the Proceedings do not provide a full transcript of everything that was said in court, and it is important to be aware of the types of information routinely omitted throughout the period from 1674 to 1913.
But as the character of the publication changed over this period, its value as a historical source also changed. The database provide court details for a vast majority of the Convicts who came to Australia starting with the First Fleet.
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/
