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Poor Prisoners’ Defence Act, 1903. This was the first Act which made provision for legal aid, which was limited to trials on indictment.
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Butler, D., Sloman, A. (1980). Administration of Justice. In: British Political Facts 1900–1979. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16248-2_9
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