Sessions Minute Book, December 1783-January 1785

Component identifier:: File
Content Summary:: The book records hearings of both the Quarter Sessions of the Peace at the Guildhall and the General Sessions of Gaol Delivery at the Old Bailey. It gives the dates of the sessions and adjournments, the names of the justices, recorders and jurors, and lists the prisoners with summaries of their alleged offences and their sentences. Many of the prisoners were sentenced to transportation.
Processing information:: M580

Online content

Parent Restrictions:: Available for access.
Parent Terms of Access:: Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the London Metropolitan Archives. For more information contact London Metropolitan Archives Enquiry service [https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/london-metropolitan-archives/visitor-information/Pages/enquiry-service.aspx].

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia