All ebooks and scanned print material we host appear here.
Content is made available under applicable copyright exceptions for
criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
We do not seek to profit from it. The vast majority of items are in the
public domain; a small number are shared under fair-use / fair-dealing
provisions. For works still in copyright, no commercial use should be
made without the express approval of the copyright holder.
Only one of the countless historical trials held at the Old Bailey in London is commemorated by a memorial in the present building. On a plaque near Court No. 5 are inscribed these words:
Near this site William Penn and Willia...