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4-28-2008 4:13 AM

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The project's directors say the site conveys not only the drama of the trials, but also a wealth of details  about ordinary life at the time.
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Some of the most sensational cases ever to be tried in Britain are detailed, including that of Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen, who killed his wife and set up with his lover before fleeing to Canada.
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www.oldbaileyonline.org/

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4-28-2008 6:46 AM

righthand

Ah, good. I'd searched the BBC story and couldn't find the www.
Great.

4-28-2008 6:47 AM

righthand

www.oldbaileyonline.org/
doesn't load? Tries but no success.

4-28-2008 7:50 AM

abailart

It does work but maybe overloaed just now cos of BBC story (or clip!) I got into it and read a fascinating 1678 case involving a woman and a dog, and foul unnatural sins.

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