Central Criminal Court: Depositions

Description and record details

Reference	CRIM 1
Title	Central Criminal Court: Depositions
Date	1835-1992
Description	Statements on oath used in evidence in trials at the Old Bailey and pardons if granted.
Note	The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt.
Arrangement	CRIM 1/482-485, covering certain trials heard in 1945 and 1946, were transferred out of sequence.
Related material	Information on the outcome of trials before 1950 (court books and calendars) is available (some closed until dates going up to 2025) in: CRIM 6 CRIM 9
Separated material	Pardons, if granted, not found with the depositions or in CRIM 1/582-585 and CRIM 1/2116 may be assumed not to have survived.
Held by	The National Archives, Kew
Legal status	Public Record(s)
Language	English
Physical description	5694 bundles and files
Access conditions	Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Accruals	Series is accruing
Selection and destruction information	This series consists of depositions in cases tried at the Central Criminal Court. Cases involving murder, sedition, treason, riot, conspiracy to affect political change as well as other trials of historic interest are preserved permanently. The remainder of the series consists of a 2% random sample of other depositions.

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