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Jim Younger, American train robberMember of the notorious James-Younger gang, Jim Younger. 1889
Samuel Browning, American train robber, who worked with John Brady and was killed during a robbery on 30th March 1895. Date: 19th Century
Attempted assasination of Wilhelm IWilhelm I and the Archduchess of Baden in their carriage after Max Hodels assassination attempt. Date: 1878
Anti-bandit campaign in CorsicaArmoured cars and armed guards protect the police and army officers as they scour the countryside around Calcatoggio, during the anti-bandit campaign in Corsica. 1932
Battle between police and kidnappersTwo foreigners, Jules Paty Louis and Regis Pral were kidnapped in Artizo. The kidnapping of Regis Pral, the son of a very rich industrialist from Valence
Bob Dalton, American train robber who was killed in a bank raid in 1892. Date: 19th Century
Mexican raid in TexasThe town of Collins, near Corpus Christi, Texas, is surprised and stood up by a desperate anf cowardly gang of greaser horse-thieves. Date: 1886
Thieves robbing a cartA group of brigands accost a peasant and steal all the goods hes carrying in his cart. Date: 16th century
Coiners detectedPolice apprehend a gang of counterfeiters forging money, while their children play innocently in the foreground. Date: 1838
Highwaymen jump out from the woods to to attack a passing carriage. Guns pointed, the passengers have little choice but to hand over their possessions to the outlaws. Date: 19th Century
The Pigott forgeryRichard Pigott, (1835-1889), an Irish journalist who is best know for forging a number of letters. He later admitted his crime, fled to Spain and committed suicide in 1889. Date: 1887
Wills forgery trialDefendants take the stand during the Wills forgery trial in 1844: Sanders and Mrs Sanders. Date: April 1844
Joseph Hunton at the bar of the Old Bailey, tried for forgery on 28th October 1828. Date: 1828
An attempted assassination at Sibi, IndiaAs Captain and Mrs Spence were out driving, they saw a Brahui mounted on a Baluch racing mare coming towards them; as the man approached he drew his sword and attempted to attack Captain Spence
Greek bandits tried in AthensTwo brigands lie in the middle of a courtroom in Athens, listening to the charges read out against them. Date: 1870
Guiseppe FieschiThe Corsican criminal, Guiseppe Fieschi, would-be assassin of King Louis Philippe of France. Date: 1835
Poster design, I Killed The CountPoster design for a theatre production by the Station Repertory Company, entitled I Killed The Count, showing at the Station Theatre. A desperate-looking man points a gun at the viewer
Louis Pierre Louvel, assassin of the Duc de BerryThe French assassin, Louis Pierre Louvel, who stabbed and killed Charles Ferdinand, duc de Berry, son of Charles X and second in line to throne, as he left the Opera. Date: 1820
Pierre Francois LacenaireThe French poet and assassin, Pierre Francois Lancenaire, who spent much of his life in prison, eventually receiving the death penalty for a double-murder
Casimir Guilhem attacks French magistratesFrench magistrates are attacked by a mentally disturbed assassin, Casimir Guilhem who accused the court of ignoring law. Date: 1860
Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 4 of 8and took them right away
Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 6 of 8and beat the Knave full score
Gymnastics display, Market Weighton Reformatory, YorkshireA gymnastics display by inmates of the Yorkshire Roman Catholic Reformatory for Boys at Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, opened in 1856
Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 8 of 8and vowed he d steal no more
Jim the Penman arrestedJames Townsend Saward, better known as Jim the Penman, is found in a coffee shop near Oxford Street, London, by two City officers and arrested
Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 7 of 8The Knave of Hearts brought back the tarts
Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 3 of 8The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts
Kitchen and inmates, Portland Prison, DorsetA kitchen or cook-house at Portland Prison, Dorset. Inmates in arrow-patterned uniforms stand in front of a row of large steam-heated cooking coppers
Convicts delivering meals to prison cellsUniformed warders supervise convicts delivering food cans and bread to the cells at an unnamed London prison
British Ballad, Frennet HallFRENNET HALL. Contemporary British ballad based on the older original ballad The Fire of Frendraught which detail the deliberate burning down of Frendraught Castle in 1630 The details of
Rioter, Chaucer, Canterbury TalesCanterbury Tales: The Pardoners Tale. Carrying the bag of gold he has just collected from under the tree, along with the wine he has poisoned
Stanfield Hall murder trialThe interior of the court house at Norwich during the trial of James Blomfield Rush (which started on 29th March 1849 and lasted for 6 days)
Scott, alias Sweeney, in an illusionScott, alias E. Sweeney, of Ardlamont mystery fame, who disappears every night in Mr Morritts latest illusion. Edward Scott, real name Sweeney
Double page spread in a diary for 14-19 MayA double page spread in a young persons diary for 14-19 May. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
Metropolitan Police scientific investigatorA Metropolitan Police scientific investigator examining evidence from a crime scene
Policeman at a building society premisesA policeman at a London branch of the Halifax Building Society, making notes in his notebook
Metropolitan Police fingerprint databaseA man sits at a monitor to look at fingerprints on the Metropolitan Police database
Metropolitan Police investigation equipment, set out on the ground at the back of a green van
Metropolitan Police forensic investigatorsTwo Metropolitan Police forensic investigators gathering evidence at a crime scene
Policemen on a stake-outNon-uniformed police officers and detectives on a stake-out sit in a large unmarked car, watching and waiting
Training a police dog - catching a fleeing burglar. A police dog and handler lie in wait, ready to pounce on a burglar making his escape out of a ground floor window
Trial in progress at the Old Bailey, LondonA trial in progress at the Central Criminal Court, better known as the Old Bailey, in the City of London. The present building, officially opened in 1907
Exercise Yard, Holloway Prison, North LondonMale prisoners taking a turn around the exercise yard at Holloway Prison in north London. Their perambulations were apparently something of a spectator sport
Old Prison, Bodmin, CornwallA view of the Old Prison at Bodmin, Cornwall. The prison dates from 1779
Men exercising, Wandsworth Prison, south west LondonInmates in the exercise yard at Wandsworth Prison, south west London
Oxford Prison, OxfordshireInmates in the exercise yard at Oxford prison with St Georges Tower looming behind. The prison was originally established in around 1166 as a county gaol and located within the towns Norman castle
Lydford Castle, DevonA view of Lydford Castle, Devon. In medieval times, the castle was home to the stannary courts which ruled over matters relating to tin mining. Part of the building was used as a prison
Cookery lesson, Askham Grange Prison, North YorkshireInmates at Askham Grange female training prison in North Yorkshire take part in a cookery lesson. The instructor has written a recipe for scones on the blackboard. Date: circa 1945