Draft letter from WSC to Lord Winterton [earlier Edward Turnour] in reply to his criticisms [see CHAR 12/9/15-16] of WSC's interference with the discretion of magistrates and the treatment of those involved with suffrage demonstrations [in November 1910]. Typescript signed and annotated by WSC.

Letter from Lord Winterton [earlier Edward Turnour](49 Mount Street, London) to Sidney Harris [Under Secretary of State, Home Office] criticising Home Office circulars to magistrates; WSC's interference with the discretion of magistrates; and the treatment of those involved with suffrage demonstrations [in November 1910]. Signed typescript.

Letter from Augustine Birrell (Irish Office, Old Queen Street [London]) to WSC concerning the prosecution of two women [suffragettes] who attacked him in November [1910]. He says that he does not wish them to be prosecuted in view of the publicity which a public trial would attract. Signed manuscript. See CHAR 12/9/52.

Draft bill to amend the law "with respect to the treatment and punishment of certain offenders, the imprisonment of debtors, and the administration of justice" Annotated.

Letter from [? Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brise, Chairman of the Prison Commission] (Home Office) to [WSC] concerning the rough draft of a Bill [in respect of prisons and the administration of justice] [see CHAR 12/1/10] Manuscript signed with initials.

Draft bill concerning punishment and the administration of justice to amend the law concerning "the treatment and punishment of certain offenders, the imprisonment of debtors, and the administration of justice in the courts of Summary Jurisdiction" See CHAR 12/1/9. Annotated with handwritten corrections [? by Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brise, Chairman of the Prison Commission].

Copy of a letter from [a Home Office Official] to David Lloyd George concerning payment for the expenses of the [Metropolitan] Police [sent to the riots at Tonypandy, Glamorgan, Wales] including discussion of legal proceedings and the likelihood that a case would be lost; retrospective legislation; and a grant from the Treasury. Typescript.

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.

Copy of a letter from [WSC] concerning the execution of Garrod which was not postponed on account of the [Coronation] ceremony and which was not suitable for the exercise of the prerogative of mercy. Unsigned typescript.

Copy of a letter from WSC (Home Office) to Robert Marsham marked "confidential" thanking him for considering the suggestion [that he should retire from his position as Police Magistrate at Bow Street Court] and explaining that because of the absence of Charles Masterman [Under Secretary of State, Home Office] and the Mines Bill it would be convenient for the Home Office if there were a vacancy among the London Magistrates. Manuscript in the hand of Edward Marsh.

Letter from Sir Edward Troup [Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office] to WSC reporting that [Robert] Marsham is unlikely to retire from his position [as Police Magistrate at Bow Street Court] to "provide a seat for Mr [Charles] Masterman [Under Secretary of State, Home Office]". He mentions [John] Rose [Police Magistrate at Tower Bridge Court] "whose health is so bad that he might be pressed to retire". Manuscript signed with initials.

Letter from Robert Marsham (Police Court, Bow Street [London]) to WSC marked "confidential" saying that he is not prepared to retire from his position as Police Magistrate. 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.