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Timothy Evans pardonJohn Reginald Halliday Christie. 10 Rillington Place. Conditional royal pardon for Timothy John Evans, after conviction for murder, signed by Roy Jenkins and Queen Elizabeth II 1966 Date: 1966
10 Rillington PlaceJohn Reginald Halliday Christie. Map of garden of 10 Rillington Place Skeletons of Ruth Fuerst and Muriel Eddy, colour coded to show location of each bone Date: 1949
Prisoner mug shot 1873Prison record for Catherine Reardon, prisoner 2573, aged 48, arrested and convicted by jury for larceny 26th April 1873
Pentonville Prison 1895
Court Martial documentCourt Martial of four HMS Hampshire sailors, 8 June 1680 (earliest RN document) Date: 1860
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A deadly conflict. The kidnapper foiled. Date c1892 Nov. 12
Watchdog at Westminster Cathedral, LondonA rather shaggy watchdog outside Westminster Cathedral, London. After a series of thefts from the Cathedral, London the church authorities added a watchdog to the staff
Metropolitan police dog handler training dog in fieldA Metropolitan Police dog handler training an Alsatian dog in a field. The handler is in civilian clothes, playing the role of a criminal, and has just fired a gun near the dogs head
John Bellingham, assassin of the British Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, in the lobby of the House of Commons on 11th May 1812. Date: 1812
Metropolitan Police crime prevention photographA Metropolitan Police crime prevention photograph, showing a man who has just succeeded in stealing a womans handbag or purse. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1950s
Metropolitan Police group photograph at exhibitionGroup photograph of Metropolitan Police officers, male and female, posing with a police car on an exhibition stand. A banner bears the words: Beat crime -- join us. Date: circa 1970s
MacLeans assassination attempt on Queen VictoriaRoderick MacLean aims his pistol at Queen Victoria as she passes through Windsor in her carriage but is arrested and spends the rest of the days in Broadmoor Asylum. Date: 2nd March 1882
Woman on telephone reporting something suspiciousA woman seen through the front window of her house, speaking on the telephone to report something suspicious, possibly an attempted burglary
The pirate bus by Webster MurrayA group of pirates have taken over a open top public bus, they are about to take over another, but they have come against residents from a lady passenger with an umbrella. Date: 1927
Tennis Illustrated - Comic Postcard - Our Advantage A romantic liason between the local Bobby (Definitely off the Beat!) and a parlour maid
Elephants and sandwich boards - Jack Legs DiamondElephants carrying sandwich boards to advertise the exhibition of the $20, 000 Killer Car ( Direct from New York ) of American Gangster and Bootlegger Jack Legs Diamond (1897-1931)
Policeman dragging away a criminal at ChristmasA Policeman dragging away a criminal at Christmas toward the Black Maria. His woebegone expresion is the perfect accompaniment to the caption
French highwaymenA group of French highwaymen take control of a passing carriage, blindfolding the victim and marching him away, with gun against his head. Date: 1899
Songs for a highwaymanThree songs sung by highwaymen: Hurrah for the Road, I ll ask the Sylph who round thee flies and Waving Greenwood Tree. All upbeat and merry, revelling in their life of crime. Date: 1845
Highwaymen at Kentish TownTwo women are robbed and bound by highwaymen in the fields near Kentish Town. Date: 19th Century
French gang of robbersTwo female members of a French gang of robbers, known as chauffeurs who spread terror across France during the last years of the 18th century. Date: 1790s
Frontispiece to Dodds DiscoursesThe frontispiece to a publication by William Dodd, an English forger and cleric. Date: 19th Century
Nina Lassave, beloved and alleged accomplice of Guiseppe Fieschi, would-be assassin of King Louis Philippe of France. Date: 1835
Charles PriceThe notorious swindler and bank-note forger, Charles Price, who committed suicide in 1786. Date: 18th Century
French highwaymanA French highwayman surprises a passing coach and horse, shooting the driver a point blank range. Date: c. 1894
Highwaymen in GermanyA carriage is attacked in the woods by a gang of highwaymen in Germany. Chaos ensues. Date: 13th Century
Stagecoach robbery by women bandits" Old Man Harverys six pretty and buxom daughters captured while holding up a stage coach near Salmon City, Idaho, by a Sheriffs posse". Date: 19th Century
Title page of Smiths HistoryTitle page of Smiths The History of the Lives of the most Noted Highwaymen, Housebreakers, Shop-lifts and Cheats. Date: 1714
Pierre Simplin, the stranglerPierre Simplon enters his victims room through the window; she is startled and afraid, as well she might be
A street riot on Giltspur Street, LondonCrowds attack the carriage in which Mr Sloane is riding as he travels to court, accused of horrendous cruelty to a servant girl
L Abbe de la CosteThe French forger, L Abbe de la Coste, looks rather disgruntled, having been tied to a post, hands bound, a dog relieving itself on him
Bandits in ItalyA group of Italian bandits accost an unsuspecting traveller, threatening him with their rifles and stealing anything of value. 19th Century
Bandits in GermanyGerman bandits attack their victims, one thrown to the ground and one pinned against a tree, during the Thirty Years War. 1643
Bulgarian banditPortrait of a Pomak bandit, Yako, hanged at Sophia in June 1889. 1889
Vincenzo CibollaThe Italian brigand, Vicenzo Cibolla who was eventually caught in 1861. 1860s
Heads of captured Greek banditsA gruesome engraving showing the severed heads of seven Greek captured bandits nailed to a wall. 1870s
German highwaymenA group of mounted highwaymen ride out from the woods to attack a passing convoy of wagons, presumably laden with things that the bandits might like to steal. 14th Century
Abduction of Colonel SyngeThe abduction of Colonel Synge by robbers in Greece. 1880
The bandit, Antonio Gomez RiveraAntonio Gomez Rivera, El Herrero (The Blacksmith), is flanked by two police officers following his capture in 1908. 1908
Harry Power, Australian bushranger is capturedThe Australian bushranger, Harry Power is captured by Superintendents, Nicholson and Hare. 19th Century
ChiavoneThe Italian brigand, Chiavone, chief of the robbers. 19th Century
A Balkan mountain brigand, rifle in hand, sword in holster, uses his vantage point to search for unsuspecting victims. 1779