Arrest Collection

The Great Train Robbery: aftermath & reportage, 1963
" The most daring and fruitful mail robbery in English History" : a page from The Illustrated London News, detailing the aftermath of the Great Train Robbery of 8th August 1963

Arrest / Mrs Pankhurst
Mrs Pankhurst is lifted off the ground when arrested outside Buckingham Palace

Emmeline Pankhurst a suffragette, on her way to Cannon Row after smacking Inspector Jarviss face. 1909

Gandhi before his arrest
The photograph shows Gandhi waving to his followers a few hours before he was taken prisoner

Arrest of Covenanters
The arrest of the condemned convenanters at West Bow in Edinburgh

Judass Betrayal
Judas identifies Jesus to the soldiers by kissing him, whereupon they arrest him

Doukhobors Stripping
Men of the Second Pilgrimage are stopped at Yorkton, where they undress : the Canadian Police arrest them and order them to get dressed, then take them back to the settlement

Action against Communists - Eight leaders arrested. Date: 1925

Portrait of Ethel Le Neve
Ethel Le Neve, Dr Crippens mistress. Dr Crippen, an American citizen, lived at 39 Hilldrop Cresent, Camden, London. He was accused of murdering his wife when she disappeared under suspicious

The Last of the Dandies
Popular Plays: " The Last of the Dandies" A kindly Policeman leads two young toffs homeward after having far too much debauchery for one evening... Date: circa 1900

Motor Car for Sale - Owing to Liquidation - Drink Driving
Motor Car for Sale - Owing to Liquidation - A Drink Driving Offender arrested by the village Policeman after a hearty session at The Cross Keys

Spanish Police arrest a smuggler. Behobia, Basque Country, Spain

The Banner Cross Murder
View near Darnall, the scene of the escape and recapture of the prisoner, Charles Peace. Charles Peace was an infamous cat burglar

Bandit / Shot / France / 1891
Ex-con Boissin, resists arrest & is shot by the gendarmes

Mrs Pankhurst / Arrest
Mrs Pankhurst arrested in Victoria Street

Opium Wars / Arrow
Chinese officials arrest the crew of the British ship Arrow as pirates sparking off the war

Greek General Trikoupis being taken to Prison at Ala Chehir
Captured Greek General Trikoupis being taken to Prison at Ala Chehir (Alasehir). Nikolaos Trikoupis (18681956) was a Greek general and politician

Guy Fawkes, leader of the Gunpowder Plot, caught in the cellar of the Houses of Parliament, 5 November 1604. William Parker, Baron Monteagle, and Theophilus Howard, Earl of Suffolk

King Charles I taking the Speaker's Chair in a failed attempt to arrest five MPs for treason Date: 1642

Fidel Castro arrested after Moncada Barracks attack, Cuba
Fidel Castro (left) under arrest after leading a rebel attack against Batista troops at Moncada Barracks, Cuba. Date: 1953

Spain. Civil War. Montana Barracks in Madrid (July 20, 1936). Arrest of persons involved in the military coup after the storming by republican militians. SPAIN. Barcelona

Spain. Civil War. Arrest of republican militians in the front of Somosierra (July-August, 1936). SPAIN. Monistrol de Montserrat. Library of Montserrat Abbey

The Crew of the Miguel de Cervantes give the Socialist sal
Photograph showing the stern of the Republican cruiser Miguel de Cervantes, with the crew giving the Socialist clenched-fist salute, 1936

Arrest of Anne Boleyn
Henry VIII had Anne investigated for high treason in April 1536. On 2 May, she was arrested and sent to the Tower of London. Date: 2nd May 1536

The Arrest of the Duke de Boufflers, Marshal of France, on 5 September 1695, by Everard Van Dyckvelt and twelve English Lifeguards, after the Siege of Namur (2 July to 4 September 1695)

Precautions taken against the plague in Japan, 1908
An example to India: exterminating the microbe-carrying rat. Remarkable precautions taken against the plague in Japan. Photographs include sorting

A bailiff of Wolfenschiessen, Switzerland, on horseback, caressing the cheek of a woman, 1800s. Wolfenschiefs. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Christabel Pankhurst (1880 - 1958), British suffragette, in Montmartre, Paris, after being forced to leave London for fear of arrest

Arrest of Roger Mortimer in Nottingham Castle
Arrest of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, in Nottingham Castle, following the murder of King Edward II (in 1327) and Mortimers subsequent relationship with Queen Isabella during which they jointly

16 Sinn Fein Members in dock - City Police Court, Manchester
16 Sinn Fein Members in the dock - City Police Court, Manchester. On April 2, the Manchester Police raided the Irish Club in Erskine Street, Hulme

America - Arrest Of Major Andre
Major John Andres arrest in Tarrytown, New York During The American War of Independence, Date: 1780

Gorton Party attacked in Masachusetts
A group of men, women, and children run through the water towards a moored rowboat, as those on board help others climb on. Soldiers with guns in the distance chase them

Commitment of Anne Boleyn to the Tower of London. 1536

Comic Postcard - Don t get pinched for following the fashions. A Policeman fails to agree with the sartorial bravery of a chap who has decided to launch out in his underwear (long johns)

Arrest of Henri Rochefort 1870
Henri Rochefort (1831 - 1913), arrested for publishing sentiments critical of the regime. Date: February 1870

COMMUNE / ARREST OF PRIEST
A priest is arrested by a group of Communards Date: 1871

LOUIS I MADE CAPTIVE
Louis I (le Pieux) remarries and wishes to give his new son part of his heritage; this infuriates his already dissatisfied sons, who arrest and try to depose him Date: 833

King Richard II and arrest of Duke of Gloucester
Richard II, suddenly galloped forward, leaving the Duke of Gloucester behind, who was instantly surrounded by a body of men, and arrested Date: 1397

EVENTS / FRANCE / MAZARIN
Cartoon against Mazarin at the time of the arrest of a magistrate (the incident which sparked the Fronde) Date: 1648

French police arrest fraudulent traders in Paris
Paris police arrest 237 fraudulent traders & other cheats in the boulevard du Temple Date: 1845

The Flying Squad, by Edgar Wallace, Weymouth
Two scenes from The Flying Squad, a four-act play by Edgar Wallace, Regent Theatre, Weymouth, previously at the Lyceum Theatre, London. Showing The Arrest and the Police Court Scene. 20th century

The English Rose, arrest scene

A Copper cops a Muddler in the mud - Salisbury Plain Date: 1916

Arrest of Guy Fawkes by Sir Thomas Knyvet
The arrest of Guy Fawkes by Sir Thomas Knyvet and others, following the foiled Gunpowder Plot, 5 November 1605. 1605

Arrest of King Louis XVI (1754-1793) and his family at Varen
French Revolution (1789-1799). Arrest of King Louis XVI (1754-1793) and his family at Varennes, June 21, 1791. Engraving by A. Closs. Our Century, 1883. Colored

Alexander the Great quelling the mutiny at Opis, 324 BC
Alexander the Great quelling a mutiny amongst his soldiers, who have rebelled following his announcement that the army is now to be disbanded

STICK EM UP
Stick em up ! Boys playing with guns on the street. Date: early 1930s

Suffragettes Mary Aldham and Ethel Cox Date: c. 1914

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