Crime
Found in 135 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 1911
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].
(Untitled), 19 Feb 1910
(Untitled), 11 Mar 1910
(Untitled), 21 Mar 1910
Copy of letter from [WSC] to Lord Gladstone concerning [WSC's] decision [to improve the treatment of certain categories of prisoners] which he explains was independent. [WSC] adds that if he had foreseen the attitude which was taken by some of the press, he would have placed more emphasis on Lord Gladstone's views. Unsigned typescript.
(Untitled), 05 Jan 1911
Letter from Sir Arthur Bigge [later Lord Stamfordham, Permanent Secretary to King George V] (York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk) to WSC thanking him on behalf of the King for forwarding newspaper cuttings relating to [Edward] Mylius' criminal libel against the King. He also discusses the recent "outrages by foreigners" [a reference to the "Siege of Sidney Street"] which the King hopes will make WSC re-consider the Aliens Act. Signed manuscript.
(Untitled), 01 Jan 1911
(Untitled), 05 Jan 1911
Letter from Sir Edward Henry [Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police] (New Scotland Yard) to WSC concerning the actions of Major Wodehouse [at the "Siege of Sidney Street"] particularly the requisition of guns. Signed manuscript annotated by WSC.
(Untitled), 05 Jan 1911
Letter from Josiah Wedgwood (Moddershall, Staffordshire) to WSC asking him not to be "rushed into exceptional laws against Anarchists" [as a result of the "Siege of Sidney Street"] as "human life does not matter a rap compared with the death of ideas". Signed manuscript.
(Untitled), 1909 - 1910
Summary of the numbers of remissions granted for reasons other than medical grounds in 1909 and 1910. Typescript with manuscript alterations.
(Untitled), 16 Jan 1911
(Untitled), [Jan] [1911]
(Untitled), 29 Jan 1911
(Untitled), Jan 1911
(Untitled), 24 Feb 1910 - 25 Feb 1910
(Untitled), 14 Mar 1910
(Untitled), 16 Mar 1910
(Untitled), 25 Mar 1910
(Untitled), 01 Apr 1910
(Untitled), 24 Apr 1910
Letter from Walter Runciman (8 Barton Street, Westminster [London]) to WSC marked "private" concerning Wemyss Grant-Wilson, a friend of his, who is to see WSC about extending the work of the Borstal Association to cover adult convicts, at a meeting with "some of the religious folk". Sir Walter suggests that WSC should meet Grant-Wilson before this as he is the owner of one of the Haydock collieries in Lancashire and is well informed about industry and "young ruffians". Signed manuscript.
(Untitled), 15 May 1910
(Untitled), 23 May 1910
Copy of a letter from [a Home Office official] to John Galsworthy thanking him on behalf of WSC for his letter [see CHAR 12/4/21] and informing him that the issue of solitary confinement is under consideration and that WSC hopes to make an announcement shortly. Unsigned typescript.
(Untitled), 22 Jul 1910
Letter from Ralph Blumenfeld [editor of the Daily Express] (St Bride Street, London) to WSC concerning their agreement over prison reform, which is described as a non-partisan issue. Signed manuscript.