Guilty Collection

The Admission by H. M. Bateman
A courtroom erupts into laughter as a defendant in a witness box admits the truth. Date: 1931

The Thief - painting by Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa
Postcard image after a painting by Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa La Ladrona (" The Thief" ) in the los Tiros art gallery in Granada, Spain

Book of the Dead Plate 3
The weighing of Anis conscience by Anubis : Thoth notes the result - Anemit waits to devour him if guilty (which he is not)

Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie - Kissed the girls and made them cry. When the boys came out to play - Georgie Porgie ran away

A Miscarriage of Justice
A rather wicked looking Bonzo sniggers to himself as his brother gets a telling off for some naughty prank of which is entirely innocent

HELL
Those who were guilty of avarice during their lifetimes are punished by being boiled in cauldrons of burning oil and molten lead

Edward Bushell delivering the Jury's Verdict, 1670
Edward Bushell delivering the Jury's Verdict in the Court of Common Pleas, marking an important decision on the role of juries in England. Date: 1670

LOUIS XVI ON TRIAL
Louis XVI - known as citoyen Louis Capet - appears before the Convention Nationale to hear the charges brought against him. He will be found guilty and condemned to die. Date: 25 December 1792

MALTESE ITALIAN SHOT
Malta : an Italian resident is accused of plotting, so the British authorities shoot him - he dies shouting Viva l'Italia ! which rather suggests he was guilty Date: December 1942

Comic postcard, offer from a photographer Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Three Cats -- No Ma am, We Aint Seen Your Birdie. Date: circa 1910

Laud imprisoned in the tower of London
Archbishop William Laud (1573-1645) imprisoned in the Tower of London, having been found guilty of treason. 1641

The Chicago Tinned Meat Scandal
Delicacies weighed and packed in Armours Packing-House in Chicago, showing some dubious by-products of a Chicago meat processing factory used for making cheap sausages

WW1 - What did you do in the Great War, Daddy?
Child: " And is the War really over, Daddy? Father: " Practically, My Boy." Child: " Then may I ask you a question about it which I couldn t ask till it WAS over

German poster, England is to blame, WW1
German propaganda poster, declaring that England is to blame for all the problems in Germany during the First World War, depicting a man in a Scottish cap with a bulldog at his feet

William George Pottinger
A portrait of the senior Scottish civil servant William George Pottinger. He was found guilty on seven charges of corruption in connection with receiving gifts from the architect John Poulson in 1974

Susi - with a broken vase, looking guilty. 1950s

Thomas Muir
THOMAS MUIR - Scottish parliamentary reformer, found guilty of sedition, sent to Botany Bay, rescued by Americans, feted as hero in revolutionary France Date: 1765 - 1798

Germans Name the Guilty
France (Delcasse) and Russia (Isvolski) are blamed by the Germans for plunging Europe into World War One, despite the peaceful aspirations of Germany Date: September 1914

Start of Rennes Trial
The start of Dreyfus second court martial in Rennes, also to find him guilty Date: 1899

Mrs Fletcher on Trial
Susie (Willis) Fletcher is found guilty of obtaining the property of Mrs Hart Davies by spiritualistic fraud, and is sentenced to twelve months hard labour Date: January 1881

Boy drying his face on a towel
A boy looks up rather guiltily, having been caught drying his face and hands on a towel when they are not properly clean. The water in the sink is filthy. Date: 1953

Kissing Controversy
The Khaki Boy: " If I had known that tunnel was so long, I d have kissed you." The Mauve Girl: " Gracious! Didn t you? Somebody did!" Date: circa 1924

Albert Grant, Vanity Fair, Ape
ALBERT GRANT (1831-1899) (born Abraham Gottheimer) Irish born British company promoter. Established many companies which were to fail at the expense of the shareholders leading to claims of fraud

Colonel Maurel
COLONEL MAUREL French military officer, president of the Conseil de Guerre which conducted the first trial of Dreyfus, finding him guilty of treason. Date: CIRCA 1894

Three schoolboys run away from school in nautical disguise
Three errant schoolboys run away from school and disguise themselves as little sailors Date: 1898

4 years an international success, A guilty mother a play that reaches the heart. Date c1899

Gorgeous, scenic play, A guilty mother. Date c1899

Dreyfus Guilty Verdict
Dreyfus is found guilty by the Rennes court-martial, and sentenced to ten years imprisonment : newspapers sell like hot cakes on the boulevards. Date: September 1899

Andre Gill Photo
ANDRE GILL French caricaturist who thought Dreyfus was guilty and ended insane : here in happier days in 1868. Date: 1840 - 1885

A street riot on Giltspur Street, London
Crowds attack the carriage in which Mr Sloane is riding as he travels to court, accused of horrendous cruelty to a servant girl

Bulldog eats child
Addled Ads, Wanted section. " Bulldog for sale. Will eat anything - very fond of children." A maid looking alarmed as a bulldog has eaten a child in her care. Date: circa 1910s

Spur to a guilty conscience - not writing to friends
All these write regularly - Why the Devil don t you? Spur to a guilty conscience - not writing to friends! This card illustrates those individuals who will oft communicate with the written word

Popular Delight
There is widespread delight in France when Dreyfus is found guilty for the second time, proving that the military have been right all the time

Dreyfus in Prison / 1895
Dreyfus in prison after being found guilty of treason by a court-martial and having his rank publicly stripped

Wolsey Dismissed / 1529
Cardinal Wolsey pleaded guilty before the Kings bench to a near treasonable offence. He was stripped of his power, forfeited his property, but allowed to remain at liberty

Roger Casements Trial
Roger Casement looking remarkably relaxed during his trial for treason. He was found guilty and hanged as a traitor. Fellow traitor Julian Bailey is to his left

Florence Cook
Florence Eliza Cook Noted medium, investigated by Crookes : sometimes guilty of fraud

Hephaistos, Mars, Aphrod
He finds his wife Aphrodite in bed with Mars, and throws a metal net over the guilty pair

Ordeal by Ducking
ORDEAL BY DUCKING The suspect is bound and thrown into a river; if he drowns he is innocent, if he floats he is guilty

Crime / Maybrick / 1889
The coroners inquest at the Maybrick. Mrs Florence Maybrick is eventually found guilty of poisoning her husband, James Maybrick and imprisoned

Warren Hastings Trial
Warren Hastings, governor- general of India, is tried for misconducting his rule: after a 7-year trial in the Lords he will be acquitted, though undoubtedly somewhat guilty

Bigamous Wife
A bigamous woman with two husbands (one in jail) and one at her side. She seemingly has the blessing of the church

HELL
Those who were guilty of lustfulness during their lifetimes are punished by being thrust into tubs full of fire and sulphur

HELL
Those who were guilty of gluttony during their lifetimes are punished by being forced to swallow toads and other venomous creatures

HELL
Those who were guilty of idleness during their lifetimes are punished by being bitten by sharp-fanged serpents

HELL
Those who were guilty of wrath during their lifetimes are punished by being pierced by pointed lances

HELL
Those who were guilty of envy during their lifetimes are punished by being immersed in a freezing lake

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