Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice

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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EditorsEditionsDates
J. F. Archbold1st – 3rd eds1822–1829
John Jervis4th – 9th eds1831–1843
William Newland Welsby10th – 15th eds1846–1862
W. Bruce16th – 21st eds1867–1893
W. F. Craies and G. Stephenson22nd – 23rd eds1900–1905
W. F. Craies and H. D. Roome24th ed.1910
H. D. Roome and R. E. Ross25th – 27th eds1918–1927
R. E. Ross and T. R. F. Butler28th – 29th eds1931–1934
R. E. Ross and M. Turner30th ed.1938
T. R. F. Butler and M. Garsia31st – 37th eds1943–1969
T. R. F. Butler and S. G. Mitchell38th ed.1973
S. G. Mitchell39th – 40th eds1976–1979
S. G. Mitchell and P. J. Richardson41st – 42nd eds1982–1985
S. G. Mitchell, P. J. Richardson and D. A. Thomas43rd ed.1988
P. J. Richardson1992–2018
M. Lucraft2019–

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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  • 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]