1730-1759 ready for OBPO

Posted by on 27 Nov 2013 in Activity Log

SD sent me the 1750s data. I've added empty <OBPO_ref> and <judge_respite_OBPO_ref> elements to each trial for the 1730s, 1740s and 1750s. I've also updated the rng file to bailey_2013-11 which requires the presence of those elements and that their contents be either empty or a regular expression t\d{8}-\d{1,2} (for example t17380914-4). I've sent him back an xml file containing the data for all three decades for him to add the OBPO references.

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Capital Trials at the Old Bailey

Simon Devereaux has approximately 10,000 records of people convicted in potentially capital cases between 1710 and 1840 in London heard at the Old Bailey court. This project will create a web-based database which will allow interested researchers and members of the public to compose queries on that data (e.g. women charged with robbery 1710-1720). It must be able to support a range of queries and produce output allowing researchers to identify trends in judicial practice over that time.