tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post5166823608430770535..comments2023-09-05T02:29:27.235-06:00Comments on Britishspeak: Old BaileyRelax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-78488843843590560032012-07-13T10:39:22.200-06:002012-07-13T10:39:22.200-06:00Hi Kay G. :) Well, I looked at a few of the cases ...Hi Kay G. :) Well, I looked at a few of the cases and didn't see your name mentioned. But then, I don't know your name, so maybe it WAS mentioned. Mostly about highway-MEN and female pick pockets. But they hanged them all. The punishments got more serious after simple hanging.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-56285250313410091682012-07-13T10:37:16.745-06:002012-07-13T10:37:16.745-06:00Justice is not blind in England. She liked to watc...Justice is not blind in England. She liked to watch back then. :)<br /><br />I would have too.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-10570837669900193672012-07-13T04:48:46.402-06:002012-07-13T04:48:46.402-06:00Goodness, can I go to that Old Bailey website and ...Goodness, can I go to that Old Bailey website and see how many of my ancestors are mentioned in court procedings? No, best not.<br />Dickens , the girl named Bailey...too funny!Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-1299906128385251282012-07-11T12:38:52.977-06:002012-07-11T12:38:52.977-06:00Lady Justice hasn't been blindfolded... She lo...Lady Justice hasn't been blindfolded... She looks like the Statue of Liberty; except when you weigh too much you'll be beheaded.Rob From Amersfoorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126935681056217032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-71170861943075594502012-07-11T11:18:15.668-06:002012-07-11T11:18:15.668-06:00Of course I know all there is to know about Guido....Of course I know all there is to know about Guido. I even know what recusant means. I was just testing you.<br /><br />I think they said 1585 was when OB first opened for business, before the fire, though the gaol was older. I love spelling it that way. They had taken up a collection, ostensibly to use to better the conditions of the prisoners, but instead used the money to build a courthouse. That's why God let it burn in my opinion. Lying lawyers.<br /><br />Well, thank you for the information about a bailey being an area enclosed by walls. Fortified walls. I once knew a girl named Bobbie Bailey who certainly fit that description.<br /><br />Over here we would call it a stadium. (As we have no royalty save athletes.)Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-74484960834702108492012-07-11T11:08:28.882-06:002012-07-11T11:08:28.882-06:00I knew Dickens. He still owes my family money. Did...I knew Dickens. He still owes my family money. Didn't know he had a son, though. Did anything good come of him? Charles, you say?Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-19959503072540059192012-07-11T10:50:23.442-06:002012-07-11T10:50:23.442-06:00Guido was not executed at the Old Bailey, but at O...Guido was not executed at the Old Bailey, but at Old Palace Yard in Westminster, close to the Houses of Parliament. I thought you knew all about him?<br /><br />As for the definition of a bailey, no, it's not the wall of a city, its the name given to an area enclosed by fortified walls. But not really to something as big as a city. So the Old Bailey was a fortified enclosure within the city. Castles often had a large area, the Outer Bailey, which was used for all manner of purposes, market stalls, jousting etc, and an Inner Bailey reserved for the castle's rulers, defenders, and their servants.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-69531994256003679602012-07-11T01:44:21.996-06:002012-07-11T01:44:21.996-06:00Newgate where Charles Dickens dad was jailed for d...Newgate where Charles Dickens dad was jailed for debt.Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.com