The Proceedings at the sessions of the peace, and oyer and terminer, for the City of London, and county of Middlesex; on

All titles
  • The Proceedings at the sessions of the peace, and oyer and terminer, for the City of London, and county of Middlesex; on
  • Proceedings. 1726-42
  • Proceedings at the sessions of peace, oyer and terminer; Proceedings at the sessions of the peace, oyer and terminer; Proceedings on the King's commission of the peace, oyer and terminer, and gaol delivery 1726-1729; Proceedings at the sessions of the peace, and oyer and terminer 1730-<1733>; Old Bailey proceedings; Proceedings, &c, no.2 (Jan. 1732)-no.8 (Oct. 1736); Proceedings at the sessions of the peace, and oyer and terminer, for the City of London, &c. no.1 (Dec. 1736)-[no.1] (Dec. 1742)
  • Trial of James Annesley and Joseph Redding.
People / Organizations
Imprint
London [England] : printed by William Pearson, in Aldersgate-street, and sold by James Roberts at the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, [1726]-1742.
Publication year
1726-1742
ESTC No.
P34
Grub Street ID
56743
Description
v. : ill. ; 2°; 4°.
Note
Title page includes name of current Lord Mayor

Imprint from colophon until Dec. 1729, then from title page; price follows imprint

Early imprints undated; year of publication from date of issue. Early issues dated according to Lady Day dating

Imprints vary; from Dec. 1726 imprints read in part: "printed by J. Read, for J. Roberts"; from Dec. 1729 title page imprint reads in part: "printed for T. Payne"; title page imprint dated in roman, followed by price in brackets

Printers' and booksellers' names change frequently during the 1730s and 1740s; from 1731-1732: "printed for J. Roberts"; in 1733-1734: "printed for J. Wilford"; from 1734-1737, J. Roberts again; from 1737-1740, 1742: "printed for T[homas]. Cooper"; in 1741: "printed and sold by J. Roberts"; some issues in 1742: "Printed and sold by T. Payne"

Printed in two columns; issues have individual pagination through 1730, consecutive pagination thereafter

Format changes with Dec. 1729 to large quarto, with title page added to each issue and title repeated as caption on first page of text. Some sessions published in two or three parts

Some numbers include advertisements illustrated with small cuts; from Dec. 1729 issues include one to three p. of booksellers' advertisements

Issues include names of the Lord Mayor for that year, the chief justices of the court, and the jurors for both London and Middlesex; names of the accused are given in black letter; sentences are summarised at end of each issue.