Includes 'the generall practicall proceedings' of the court. The treatise begins 'To sette forth exactly the dignity of the high court of starre chamber would require the penne of a deep judgment ...'. The 'proceedings' begin 'All suites which frequent this courte are brought hither, either by some perticular person complayning, or else by the very vigilant eye of state ...'. A first draft of Kk.06.22, and in the same hand.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to "Jeannette" [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his future journey to Paris [France] to see her; his joy at her father's [Leonard Jerome's] consent to their marriage; his duties as a magistrate at Woodstock [Oxfordshire]; Albert Edward, Prince of Wales' interest in them and Randolph's future visit to Paris.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill) including: his duties as a magistrate; the indefinite postponement of a dissolution [of parliament] and his electoral prospects; and his visit to Lord and Lady Portarlington at Eastbourne [Sussex].

Letter from 2nd Lord Melchett [earlier Sir Henry Mond] to WSC enclosing a copy of a speech by Sir Frederick Smith [F E Smith, later 1st Lord Birkenhead] "Law, War and the Future" delivered to the New York State Bar Association in January 1918; on the theme of respect for international law.

Telegram from the Calcutta Bar Council to WSC, suggesting that the British element in the Indian High Courts should be further eliminated, and that the post of Chief Justice should not be open to members of the Indian Civil Service.

Copy of a letter from [WSC (Home Office)] to the Lord Chief Justice concerning contradictions in police evidence given at the Central Criminal Court in the case of Stinie Morrison. He asks for the Lord Chief Justice's opinion on the possibility of conducting an enquiry into the matter. Typescript. See CHAR 12/9/107-109 and CHAR 12/9/110-112.

Draft letter from [WSC] (Home Office) to the Lord Chief Justice concerning contradictions in police evidence given at the Central Criminal Court in the case of Stinie Morrison. He asks for the Lord Chief Justice's opinion on the possibility of conducting an enquiry into the matter. Typescript with manuscript corrections. See CHAR 12/9/104-106 and CHAR 12/9/110-112.

Copy of a letter from WSC (Home Office) to the Lord Chief Justice concerning contradictions in police evidence given at the Central Criminal Court in the case of Stinie Morrison. He asks for the Lord Chief Justice's opinion on the possibility of conducting an enquiry into the matter. Typescript. See CHAR 12/9/104-106 and CHAR 12/9/107-109.

Letter from Lord Alverston [earlier Sir Richard Webster, Lord Chief Justice] (Hornton Lodge, Pitt Street, Kensington [London]) to [WSC] advising that an enquiry [into the contradictions in police evidence in the case of Stinie Morrison] should not be conducted. He adds that he will write again after speaking to Sir Charles Darling. Signed manuscript.

Letter from Sir Rufus Isaacs [later Lord Reading, Attorney General] (Hotel Panhans am Semmering [Austria]) to WSC concerning the appointment of [Alan] Lawrie [as Vice Chairman of the London Quarter Sessions]. Signed manuscript.

Draft letter from [WSC] (Home Office) to the Attorney General [Sir Rufus Isaacs, later Lord Reading] recommending that [Alan] Lawrie be appointed as Vice Chairman of the London Quarter Sessions. Manuscript in the hand of Sir Edward Troup [Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office].

Note from WSC (Archerfield House, Dirleton [East Lothian] Scotland) to Sir Edward Troup [Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office] asking him to prepare the papers for the appointment of [Alan] Lawrie [as Vice Chairman of the London Quarter Sessions]. Manuscript initialled by WSC with subsequent note by Sir Edward concerning the submission of [Alan] Lawrie's name to King George V.

Letter from Robert Wallace [Chairman of the London Quarter Sessions] (2 Campden Court Mansions, Kensington [London]) to Sir Edward Troup [Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office] asking for information concerning the appointment of a [Deputy Chairman of the London Quarter Sessions] as the sessions are due to start the following day. Signed manuscript. See CHAR 12/10/103.

Copy of a letter from [a Home Office official] replying to Robert Wallace [Chairman of the London Quarter Sessions] on behalf of Sir Edward Troup [Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office] informing him that Alan Lawrie is to be appointed as Deputy Chairman of the London Quarter Sessions. Unsigned typescript. See CHAR 12/10/102.

Copy of a letter from [a Home Office official] to Alan Lawrie informing him that King George V has appointed him Deputy Chairman of the London Quarter Sessions, and that WSC would like him to consult the magistrates sitting with him about sentences. Unsigned typescript.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his duties as a magistrate [at Woodstock, Oxfordshire] and his mother's [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough's] hope that she may meet Jennie in Paris [France].

Letter from (98 Elm Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC reporting on a speech by Sir Cecil Fforde, formerly a judge in a high court in Punjab, opposing the transfer to lndian responsibility of the judicial system in India, and enclosing CHAR 2/193/101.

Letter from Sir Louis Stuart, secretary of the Indian Empire Society (48 Broadway, Westminster, London), to Violet Pearman commenting on CHAR 2/196/34-41 by saying that they are not sufficiently strong evidence of any dishonesty by Sri Krishna Sinha, the Chief Presidency Magistrate of Calcutta, to justify WSC asking a question in the House of Commons.

Letter from William Clegg (Whirlow Green, Sheffield, [Yorkshire]) to WSC praising his performance as Under- Secretary of State for the Colonies, in particular his speech on [martial law in] Natal, [South Africa], but criticising the Lord Chancellor's policy on the appointment of JPs and the government's attitude to the Trades Disputes Bill.

Letter from Lord Loreburn (8 Eaton Square, [London]) to WSC promising to look favourably on J Moore Bayley's claims to be a Justice of the Peace in Birmingham and suggesting his exclusion shows the influence of party politics on appointments to the Bench.

Letter from T Paynter Allen, secretary of the Marriage Law Reform Association (2 Dean's Yard, Westminster Abbey, [London]) to WSC claiming overwhelming support for the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill and offering to submit the present draft of the bill to WSC and the Solicitor-General "with a view to any possible common understanding as regards its details." Annotated in shorthand.

Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street) to [?the Free Trade Union] on Indian exports of indigo and the need for a revision of the patent laws. MS copy in the hand of Annette Anning.