[AnAmericanMother]

"In the dock" is a British expression, meaning "charged with a crime."

In the old days (and now, for all I know) there was an elevated box with a tall railing around it, where prisoners stood.

(Crippen the poisoner and his accomplice/mistress Ethel LeNeve in the dock at the Old Bailey)

[Karoo]

Oh I like stuff like that...history with pictures. And it came from England.

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