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Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice

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Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice (usually called simply Archbold) is the leading practitioners' book for criminal lawyers in England and Wales and several other common law jurisdictions around the world.

It has been in publication since 1822, when it was first written by John Frederick Archbold, and is currently published by Sweet & Maxwell, a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters.[1] Forty-three revisions were published prior to 1992 and since then it has been published annually. Its authority is such that it is often quoted in court.

The team of authors is made up of experienced barristers, KCs and judges.

Editors

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Editors Editions Dates
J. F. Archbold 1st – 3rd eds 1822–1829
John Jervis 4th – 9th eds 1831–1843
William Newland Welsby 10th – 15th eds 1846–1862
W. Bruce 16th – 21st eds 1867–1893
W. F. Craies and G. Stephenson 22nd – 23rd eds 1900–1905
W. F. Craies and H. D. Roome 24th ed. 1910
H. D. Roome and R. E. Ross 25th – 27th eds 1918–1927
R. E. Ross and T. R. F. Butler 28th – 29th eds 1931–1934
R. E. Ross and M. Turner 30th ed. 1938
T. R. F. Butler and M. Garsia 31st – 37th eds 1943–1969
T. R. F. Butler and S. G. Mitchell 38th ed. 1973
S. G. Mitchell 39th – 40th eds 1976–1979
S. G. Mitchell and P. J. Richardson 41st – 42nd eds 1982–1985
S. G. Mitchell, P. J. Richardson and D. A. Thomas 43rd ed. 1988
P. J. Richardson 1992–2018
M. Lucraft 2019–

Magistrates' courts

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As far as it covers procedure and practice, Archbold refers to those of the Crown Court. A separate volume, Archbold Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice covers the magistrates' courts.[2] As of 2022, Archbold Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice is now in its 19th edition.

References

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  1. ^ Sweet & Maxwell page for Archbold
  2. ^ Sweet & Maxwell, Archbold Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice 2023, accessed 25 November 2022
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  • The 1st edition of this book (1822), from Google Books [1].
  • The 1st American edition of this book (1824), from Google Books [2].
  • The 4th edition of this book (1831), from Google Books [3]
  • The 5th American edition of this book (1846), from Google Books [4]
  • The 12th edition of this book, republished (with accretions and along with another book by Archbold) in Waterman's Archbold (1853), volume 1 [5] and volume 2 [6], from Google Books.
  • The 23rd edition of this book from Internet Archive. [7]
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