Legal Collection (page 4)

Court House, Eureka, Humboldt County, California, USA. Date: circa 1908

Legal Tender Label

Wife-Beater
Brutish wife-beater confident of lenient treatment by legal system. Date: 1875

Child labour, clerk for a lawyer
Lawyers clerk, France Date: 1841

On Trial, Lyric Theatre, London, showing a courtroom scene. 1910s

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

Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen, Irish statesman
Charles Russell (1832-1900), Baron Russell of Killowen, Irish statesman, Lord Chief Justice of England. Date: late 19th century

The Sultan Valide - the title held by the " legal mother" of a ruling Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Date: 1572

The Eanna-shum-iddina kudurru (1125-1100 B. C. ). Kassite Dyna
Mesopotamian Art. Kassite Dynasty. The Eanna-shum-iddina kudurru (1125-1100 B.C.). It describes the land grant made by Governor Eanna-shum-iddina to Gula-Eresh witnessed by his surveyor

Strip tease card game - Joker card, featuring the four heads of the Theatre Manager, the exotic peformer, the prosecution barrister and the prude, Miss Prim

Caledonian Road, North London, showing Police Station (right) and underground station (left). circa 1910

Force feeding a suffragette (cartoon)
A cartoon depicting a suffragette being force fed in a prison cell. Two men, a prison warder and a doctor, hold the woman down with the help of a large weight (one hundredweight)

Wording of the 1601 Poor Relief Act
The opening section of the 1601 parliamentary Act for Relief of the Poor which formed the basis of what became known as the Old Poor Law

Hexagonal workhouse, first floor plan
The first floor layout of the model hexagon (or Y-plan) workhouse design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

St Oswalds Hospital, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. The building, designed by Henry Stevens, was originally the Ashbourne Union workhouse erected in 1848 on Dark Lane (later Union Street)

Industrial School, Chelmsford, Essex
The Essex Industrial School on Rainsford Road, Primrose Hill, Chelmsford, Essex, certified in 1879 to hold 150 boys. In 1933 it became the Essex Home Approved School

An Edwardian lawyer in judges wig
An unidentified Edwardian lawyer in a full-length judges wig

Last Will and Testament with verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Three bird and animal judges on a cutout Christmas card
Three bird and animal judges (a goose, a turkey and a bull) wearing long wigs in a courtroom on a cutout Christmas card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Broadcast Receiving Licence excluding television, issued in 1947, costing twenty shillings (one pound). 1947

High Court building, Bombay, India
High Court building, Bombay (Mumbai), India. Date: circa 1905

Law Courts and old fort, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa
Law Courts and old Portuguese fort, Mombasa, Kenya, British East Africa. Date: circa 1908

The Merchant of Venice - title page - Shylock and the disguised Portia in court. 1862

Middle babylonian. Black diorite tablet of Nabu-apla-iddina
Mesopotamian Art. Middle Babylonian. 875-850 B.C. Black diorite tablet carved with labelled scene showing Nabu-apla-iddina, the priest

Law Courts, Georgetown, Guyana, South America
Law Courts, Georgetown, Guyana (then British Guiana), South America. Date: circa 1940

Cartoon of Harry Wall, theatrical agent, plotting to find a way around the new Copyright (Musical Compositions) Act -- Over the Garden Wall. 1882

Vine Street Police Station, Westminster, London. Date: circa 1910

Rochester Row Police Station, Westminster, SW London. Date: circa 1905

Harrow Road Police Station, West London. Date: circa 1910

Bruce Castle C17
Bruce Castle, Tottenham : the subject of interesting legal altercations in the 17th century involving a deserted husband, a natural daughter and a disputed will. Date: 1686

The Gortyn code, Gortyn, Crete, Greece
The Gortyn code (also called the Great Code) was a legal code that was the codification of the civil law of the ancient Greek city-state of Gortyn in southern Crete

Mehmet Munir Ertegun - Turkish Ambassador to the US
Mehmet Munir Ertegun (1883-1944) - Turkish Ambassador to the US at his desk in Washington DC. The Father of the Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun

Marriage Certificate - 1904
Marriage Certificate of William Cottee Woods and Edith Frances Pooley. Woods Father was a Shipowner and Pooleys Father was a Stockbroker. Date: 1904

The Bungalow, Whiteway Colony, Gloucestershire
The Bungalow, Whiteway Colony, near Stroud in Gloucestershire, was established in 1898. A group of Tolstoyan anarchists bought 40 acres of land

Arnos Court Reformatory for Girls, Bristol
Inmates and staff at Arnos Court Reformatory for Roman Catholic Girls in Bristol, opened in 1856. It was later known as St Josephs Reformatory, then in 1933 became St Josephs Approved School

Union Workhouse, Braintree, Essex
Entrance to the Braintree Union workhouse, Essex. Some of the workhouse staff are just visible in the doorway. The building, designed by William T Nash, was erected in 1837-8 on Rayne Road

Hexagonal workhouse, perspective view
Perspective view of the model hexagon (or Y-plan) workhouse design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

Hexagonal workhouse, ground floor plan
The ground floor layout of the model hexagon (or Y-plan) workhouse design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

Square workhouse, ground floor plan
The ground floor layout of the model square workhouse for 300 inmates, design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

Union Workhouse, Preston, Lancashire
The massive Preston Union workhouse erected in 1865-8 on Watling Street Road, Fulwood, Lancashire, for up to 1500 inmates

Quit Rents ceremony, Royal Courts of Justice, London
The ancient ceremony of Quit Rents taking place in the Royal Courts of Justice, London. The paying of quit rents by the Corporation of the City of London to the King (or Queen)

St Josephs Industrial School, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland
St Josephs Industrial School at Ferryhouse, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland, was opened in 1885 for 170 Catholic boys. Industrial Schools, often privately run

Victoria Woodhull in a dramatic court case
Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927), an American womens rights activist, involved in family row which leads to a dramatic court case

Young woman working at a computer in a solicitors office. circa 1990

Court of Justice building, Aden
Court of Justice building, British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). Date: circa 1904

Law Courts, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1912

Cartoon, Georgina Weldon, classical singer
Cartoon, Georgina Weldon -- Waiting for the Verdict. Georgina Weldon (1837-1914), classical singer, was frequently involved in lawsuits and libel cases with others in the profession

Cartoon, Charles Bradlaugh, atheist MP
Cartoon, Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891), atheist politician, Liberal MP for Northampton. The lawyers (described here as The Three Wise Men of Madagascar) puzzle over how to deal with him. 1884

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