Qualla: Old Bailey https://qualla.com/old-bailey en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:15 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/old-bailey-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Old Bailey https://qualla.com/old-bailey Old Bailey: Introduction https://qualla.com/old-bailey/ Photo credit MaryG90, CC BY-SA 3.0. Above the main entrance, carved in stone, is the admonition: "Defend the Children of the Poor & Punish the Wrongdoer." Four words for each command. The Old Bailey has been trying to do both since at least 1585, with results that have ranged from the noble to the catastrophic — sometimes in the same session.

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/old-bailey-wp/gcpv-old-bailey-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Old Bailey: Built on a Bailey https://qualla.com/old-bailey/ Photo credit Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 3.0. The name comes not from a person but from a place: the street follows the line of the ancient defensive wall around medieval London, and a bailey was the open courtyard between a castle's inner and outer walls. The court grew up in the gap between city and suburb, attached to New...

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/old-bailey-wp/gcpv-old-bailey-built-on-a-bailey.mp3 0:06 2 full Old Bailey: Dead Man's Walk https://qualla.com/old-bailey/ Photo credit Txllxt TxllxT, CC BY-SA 4.0. For most of its history, the Old Bailey did not merely try criminals — it helped kill them in public view. Hangings took place in the street outside until May 1868, drawing rowdy crowds who pelted the condemned with rotten fruit and stones. The passage between the court and Newga...

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/old-bailey-wp/gcpv-old-bailey-dead-mans-walk.mp3 0:06 3 full Old Bailey: The Building and Its Symbols https://qualla.com/old-bailey/ Photo credit Gary Fellows, CC BY-SA 2.0. The present building opened in 1902 and was formally unveiled by King Edward VII on 27 February 1907. Architect Edward William Mountford designed a Baroque civic monument with a copper dome, now listed as a Grade II* building. On that dome stands Lady Justice, a gilt bronze figur...

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/old-bailey-wp/gcpv-old-bailey-the-building-and-its-symbols.mp3 0:06 4 full Old Bailey: Bombs and Echoes https://qualla.com/old-bailey/ Photo credit Tbmurray, CC BY 3.0. The Old Bailey has absorbed violence throughout its existence. In 1973, the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional IRA exploded a car bomb in the street outside, killing one person and injuring 200. A fragment of glass from the blast is preserved in the wall at the top of the main st...

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