L Aw Collection (#34)

Borodin - Igor - 7
Vladimir Galitsky, Igors dissolute brother in law, who will fall for the Tartar Khans daughter Kontchakovna and find himself torn between love and duty

Dartmoor Prison
A splendid birds-eye view of the recently built Dartmoor Prison and English Barracks. Prisoners from the Napoleonic Wars helped build the jail

Leipzig / Lawcourt C1900
Leipzig: the law courts

Law Courts / Liebig C1900
the Law Courts in the Strand/Fleet Street

Recording Eye Prints
An invention by two doctors: the eye print; recording the pattern made by veins on the retina, which differs for every individual. Science aiding the criminologist

Bridewell Prison
View of the exterior of Bridewell

Policeman & Police Car
A policeman wearing white armbands used when directing traffic, stands next to a police car with a Stop Police sign on the back

Discipline at Newgate
General indiscipline amongst male inmates (young and old) in a dormitory cell at Newgate

John Law (Schenk)
JOHN LAW Scottish financier in France, promoter of the Mississippi Scheme

RUDD TRIAL
Mrs Margaret Caroline Rudd on her Trial at the New Sessions House, in the Old Bailey (London)

Father Brown in Court
THE WISDOM OF FATHER BROWN The priestly detective gives evidence in court

Mettray : a Dormitory
METTRAY (near Tours) Open agricultural and industrial colony for juvenile offenders, 1839-1939 : BOYS IN THEIR DORMITORY, WHERE THEY SLEEP IN HAMMOCKS

Judge Checks Appearance
A newly appointed judge contemplates his reflection, before taking his place on the judges bench, presiding over a court : his wife and clerk inspect him carefully

French Prisoners Lecture
Prisoners in the Prison de Fresnes, Paris, are lectured on the dangers of alcoholism

Bailiff in the House
THE MAN IN POSSESSION a bailiff sprawls in the house of an unfortunate family who can t pay their debts

Divorce Court Scene
A CAUSE CELEBRE a scandalous divorce in fashionable society

Procession of Sepharim
The Jews in New York PROCESSION OF THE SEPHARIM on SIMCHATH TORAH (the rejoicing of the Law)

Court of Kings Bench
the Court of Kings Bench, London

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

Ordeal by Cold Water
ORDEAL BY COLD WATER TUB The suspect is bound tightly and immersed in a tub of cold water; if he drowns he is innocent, if not, not

Ordeal by Boiling Water
ORDEAL BY BOILING WATER The suspect is required to plunge his hand into boiling water - if he can bear it, he is innocent, if not, not

Ordeal by Redhot Metal
ORDEAL BY RED-HOT METAL The suspect is required to grasp a bar of heated metal - if he can hold it, he is innocent, if not, not

Gallay Imprisoned / 1906
Embezzler Gallay is sentenced to seven years imprisonment, but his lady friend is aquitted

Courts / Queens Bench
The Court of the Queens Bench in session

Wills / Probate Warrant
Filling in warrant for probate and administration stamps

Canterbury Union Workhouse proposal
An isometrical view of the proposed Workhouse to be built at Canterbury, Kent. The design was presented by Henry Parker, a former Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, at a meeting in November 1846

Benchers Taking Commons
The Benchers and Members " taking Commons" in the Middle Temple Hall, London

Bow Street Office / Pugin
The Bow Street Office at the time of an examination. This office has the largest jurisdiction of any in the metropolis

French Public Defender
A French public defender

J. Kay Barrister / Client
An optical trick. One way up you can see a portrait of a smiling barrister but if you turn it upside down, you can see a disgruntled client

Alexander Cockburn / Anon
Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1802-1880), 10th Baronet British jurist who became Lord Chief Justice of England in 1859

Prisoner Escapes / Italy
Italian convicts escape from Finalmarina by tying sheets together and cutting through the mesh on the windows

Newgate Prison / Press
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. A gathering in the Newgate Press Yard

Newgate Prison / Cell
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. The condemned cell waiting for an occupant

Newgate Prison / Dore
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. Men in the exercise yard

Newgate Prison / Galleries
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. The deserted Galleries

Dartmoor Prison / 1907
Prisoners of Dartmoor go to work on the moors. Dartmoor was built in Princetown, Devon, in 1806-9 to house French prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars

Treadmill / Coldbath Field
Prisoners working at the treadmill and others exercising in the vagrants prison, Coldbath Fields. The first treadmill was installed in Brixton Prison in 1817

An Arrest in New York
A man is arrested in New York and led through the streets by a policeman to the station

Ussr Police / Okhrana 1934
Secrets of the Okhrana - the pre-revolutionary secret police

Spanish Night Watchman
A card given out by a Spanish night watchman, which shows how he helps to keep the public safe. He hopes that this piece of publicity with earn him a Christmas box

Paris Police / Entertainer
The Paris police arrest a group of gypsey street entertainers and quickly regret their action as chaos ensues

Paris Police Raid / 1925
The Paris police raid a cafe near Les Halles and uncover many undesirables

Police / Watchmen / 1804
The night watchmen on his rounds. At the time, the night watchmen were the only public policing body in London

Police / Watchmen / 1819
The night watchmen on his rounds neglets to see two men making their escape over a wall. At the time, the night watchmen were the only public policing body in London

Police / Watchmen / 1808
The watchmen Getting ready for their shift at Marylebone Watch-house, London. At the time, the night watchmen were the only public policing body in London

Police / Traffic Duty
A policeman directs the London traffic

Unemployed Crowd / Downing
The police try to control a crowd of unemployed people in Downing Street

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