Crime Collection (page 10)

Attempted assasination of Wilhelm I
Wilhelm I and the Archduchess of Baden in their carriage after Max Hodels assassination attempt. Date: 1878

Anti-bandit campaign in Corsica
Armoured 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 kidnappers
Two 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

Thief steals gentlemans watch
A fashionable young man in Cincinnati is prevented by the cowardice of female friends from collaring the thief who stole his watch

Mexican raid in Texas
The 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 cart
A group of brigands accost a peasant and steal all the goods hes carrying in his cart. Date: 16th century

Coiners detected
Police 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 forgery
Richard 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 trial
Defendants 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, India
As 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 Athens
Two brigands lie in the middle of a courtroom in Athens, listening to the charges read out against them. Date: 1870

Guiseppe Fieschi
The Corsican criminal, Guiseppe Fieschi, would-be assassin of King Louis Philippe of France. Date: 1835

Poster design, I Killed The Count
Poster 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 Berry
The 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 Lacenaire
The 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 magistrates
French 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 8
and took them right away

Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 6 of 8
and beat the Knave full score

Gymnastics display, Market Weighton Reformatory, Yorkshire
A 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 8
and vowed he d steal no more

Jim the Penman arrested
James 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 8
The Knave of Hearts brought back the tarts

Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 3 of 8
The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts

Kitchen and inmates, Portland Prison, Dorset
A 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 cells
Uniformed warders supervise convicts delivering food cans and bread to the cells at an unnamed London prison

British Ballad, Frennet Hall
FRENNET 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 Tales
Canterbury 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 trial
The 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 illusion
Scott, 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 May
A 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 investigator
A Metropolitan Police scientific investigator examining evidence from a crime scene

Policeman at a building society premises
A policeman at a London branch of the Halifax Building Society, making notes in his notebook

Metropolitan Police fingerprint database
A 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 investigators
Two Metropolitan Police forensic investigators gathering evidence at a crime scene

Policemen on a stake-out
Non-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, London
A 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 London
Male 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, Cornwall
A view of the Old Prison at Bodmin, Cornwall. The prison dates from 1779

Men exercising, Wandsworth Prison, south west London
Inmates in the exercise yard at Wandsworth Prison, south west London

Oxford Prison, Oxfordshire
Inmates 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, Devon
A 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 Yorkshire
Inmates 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

Durham Gaol, Elvet, County Durham
A view of Durham Gaol at Elvet, County Durham. A horse and wagon and some of the prison staff are in front of the building. The building was erected in 1810

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