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.

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 letter from WSC (Home Office) to the Lord Chief Justice [Lord Alverstone, earlier Sir Richard Webster] concerning "the Dickman case" and enclosing a petition [not present] signed by thousands of people. Unsigned typescript.

Letter from Sir Charles Darling (Birmingham) agreeing with WSC's opinions [see CHAR 12/2/60] about the actions of the Court of Appeal and the Royal Prerogative in the case of R. versus Smith. He explains the reasoning of the Court of Appeal, expresses approval for WSC's proposals [concerning the administration of justice] and suggests an informal meeting with his colleagues to discuss them. Signed manuscript.

Letter from Jesse Collings (Exmouth, Devon) to WSC thanking him for a letter concerning the sentence of Maud Nankwell and saying that he is sorry that WSC consulted the Salvation Army over the matter as their "hideous theology" prevents them from appreciating the good side of human nature; that the magistrates should have considered the case "in the spirit of modern treatment" and in relation only to the crimes with which Maud Nankwell was charged. Signed manuscript.

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 Ivan Levinstein (Hawkes Moor, Wilbraham Road, Fallowfield, [Manchester]) to WSC offering to provide information on patents and describing the bad influence of patent lawyers on the President of the Board of Trade [Gerald Balfour].

Printed resolution by Ivan Levinstein on patent law amendment to be tabled at the autumnal meeting of the Association of Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom.

Cutting from the Manchester Guardian: letter from Ivan Levinstein on patent law reform.

Copy of the judgement of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in a case of alleged immoral conduct by Rev John Wakeford, an Anglican clergyman.

Copy of the judgement of the Lord Chancellor in a divorce case between Miriam Colman and Frederick Colman arising from alleged non-consummation.

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 (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.

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.