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Court number one by thomas grant7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() Thomas Grant’s new book shows, however, that Court Number One is surprisingly protean. Jeffrey Archer set The Accused in Court Number One, and must have taken it as a snub when his own trial for perjury was deemed worthy only of Court Number Eight. Billy Wilder had an exact replica of Court Number One constructed in Hollywood, at great cost, when he filmed Witness for the Prosecution. This particular courtroom has come to symbolise the English legal system, encapsulating its awesome majesty or, if you prefer, its forbidding inflexibility. And the highest accolade for any self-respecting villain, the legal equivalent of being asked to sing at La Scala, was to be tried in Court Number One. Although the proliferation of Crown Courts around Britain in the past few decades has rather stolen its thunder, for most of the last century all the juiciest trials were held at the Old Bailey (as the Central Criminal Court is universally known). ![]()
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