adding field for reference to Bailey Online

Posted by on 10 Oct 2013 in Activity Log

SD wants to add a reference to the BaileyOnline site to records in our dataset. Most likely candidates now are
the trial element (in case there is more than one trial in a trial-file and each trial links to a different reference in BaileyOnline)
the judges_respite element (the reasoning for a judges respite is often found in a different Bailey Online reference than the documentation of the original trial).

I've asked SD to confirm that for each trial or judges_respite, there is only one reference to Bailey Online. If that's right, then I'll proceed to update the data files, the rng schema, the mysql tables and the code that displays values in query results.

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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.