Oxford circuit (4 risultati)

Lauriston Leonard Batten studied at Trinity College, Cambridge (see his entry in Alum. Cantab.). He was admitted at the Inner Temple in 1882 and called to the bar four years later. KC, 1905. Bencher, 1914. The present collection is from the papers of his colleague on the Oxford Circuit, Sir Richard Harington (1861-1931), 12th baronet, who was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Called to the Bar in 1886, he practised on the Oxford Circuit before taking up an appointment as a Puisne Judge in the High Court of Justice at Fort William in Bengal in 1899. He returned to England in 1913, and was appointed High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1918, having succeeded to his father's title in 1911. From the Harington family papers. 27 caricatures and sketched portraits of barristers, judges and others, in robes, including a few court scenes. In ink and pencil, each on a separate piece of paper. In fair condition, with light signs of age and wear. A miscellaneous collections of papers, ranging from a 33 x 11 cm blue-grey strip embossed with the letterhead crest of the Royal Courts of Justice, to the reverse of a 10 x 14 cm cutting from the printed calendar of charges ('Conspiring to cheat and defraud the Great Western Railway Company, by obtaining and making improper use of a ticket, at Didcot, on the 19th December, 1887.'). One caricature is on the reverse of an 20 x 25 cm piece cut from the cover of an 1894 manuscript writ. Several of the sketches are laid down on leaves torn from an commonplace book, one of these leaves having on the reverse a poem ('A certain Mr. Day married a Miss Week') and humorous anecdote relating to W. R. Smith. Five items signed by Batten with his 'LB' monogram, and seven items dated. Three are addressed to Harington (one 'To - | Richard Harington Esq: | per. G[reat]. W[estern]. R[ailway].'), and the material was clearly in order to amuse Harington, Batten being regarded as one of the 'famous wits' of the Oxford Circuit. There are occasional annotations by Harington, as for example 'A sketch taken by L Batten Oxford autumn circuit 1887' and 'Shrewsbury Assizes - 1887'. Another caption reads: 'The Under sheriff | a sketch taken in court at Gloucester during the trial of Wadley. July 14th. 1887. by L: Batten.' The different drawings vary in style, and those with thicker and looser lines being the most successful. Subjects and captions include 'N. T. Reid QC afterwards Lord Loveburn (Ld. Ch)', 'C. J. Darling Q.C.', 'Stanley Weyman' ('Queen v Pugh Cox & Wood'), 'C. A. V.' (a magistrate at the bench, with two court officials), 'Mirehouse' ('Miry'), 'Hawkins', 'A. G. James. | afterwards County Ct. Judge', 'Dr. Gumbleton' ('Gumby'), 'Can't stand George Griffiths', 'reserved witness' (judge at bench, in spectacles), 'Lieut Cole (Master of the Rolls) and his [?] figure', 'The Prosecution which did the criminal act | Reading Feb. 6th 1888', 'The Equity Junior which came special to Shrewsbury Assizes 1887', 'C. V. Called within the Bar very shortly'. Two are caricatures of a striking woman, the plaintive in 'Birmingham Assizes - Aug. 4th. 1887. | Timmins v Crofts for breach of promise'. Five feature Harington: one highly finished effort shows him in court, with a wooden leg, declaiming from 'Lay of the Citi[zen] Diligent' by 'R. H.'; two show him in his robes, grasping a money bag on which is written 'R: H: £700', in one he is running, in the other, captioned 'Borrows £700 and barely escapes with his life', he is being tackled by three other barristers, one with a hockey stick; in another, captioned 'The Red Flag of Anarchy in Gloucester | Flower of D. C. C. Chipp', he flourishes a banner reading 'Briefs or Blood'; in another he stands with hands in pockets, with syringe ('water-pipe') before him; in the last, captioned 'In the Company's Interest - Returned Empty', shows him seated in court with another barrister ('Leslie').…

[12]pp., 4to. Aged and worn pamphlet, with rusted staples. The title-page states that the cases are heard 'Before John William Willis Bund, Esq., Chairman, and Richard Holmden Amphlett, Esq., Vice-Chairman.' The calendar consists of a table of fifteen prisioners, over four double-pages, with entries divided into fifteen columns, giving name of prisoner, age, trade, 'Degree of Instruction', details of committing magistrate, date of warrant, date of receipt into custody, details of 'Offence as charged in the Commitment'. Signed 'Rich Harington' at head of title-page, and annotated by him with pleas, sentences, names of attorneys (e.g. 'Vachell v Cranstown'). One prisoner, defended by Harington, was Arthur Read, labourer, who 'On the 11th March, 1895, at the parish of Tardebigg, feloniously did steal one dinner napkin and certain bread and meat sandwiches, the property of one Charles Owen; and also at the same time and place did feloniously steal one pork pie and a piece of cake, the property of one Joseph Edwards; and also at the same time and place did feloniously steal a quantity of meat and wasted bread, the property of one Thomas Tongue'. The blank final page carries a long list of ships (Harington was an enthusiastic sailor), including the Cutty Sark ('woodsheathed | blk. SL:') and 'Maravilla iron bk. Spikebowsprit green painted | an ugly vessel', with crude caricature of a man's head in profile and '17th June next sessions'. Harington was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Called to the Bar in 1886, he practised on the Oxford Circuit before taking up an appointment as a Puisne Judge in the High Court of Justice at Fort William in Bengal in 1899. He returned to England in 1913, and was appointed High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1918, having succeeded to his father's title in 1911. No other copies of any of the nine items traced either on OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC. Surviving material on assizes is held by the National Archives. From the Harington family papers.…

[2] + 19pp., 4to. Unbound and stapled. In fair condition, on aged paper with rusted staples. The calendar is divided into fourteen columns (the last five blank), and gives details of name of prisoner, age, trade, 'Degree of Instruction', details of committing magistrate, date of warrant, date of receipt into custody, details of 'Offence as charged in the Commitment'. It provides an interesting insight into social history. To give a few examples: Thomas Foster, Thomas Newell and George Crane are charged that they, 'On the 8th June, 1896, at the borough of Kidderminster, did with a view to compel one Enoch Lock to abstain from working in the employment of Messieurs J. E. Barton and Sons, carpet manufacturers, which the said Enoch Lock then had a legal right to do, unlawfully, wrongfully, and without legal authority use violence to the said Enoch Lock.' Albert Payne, a labourer, is charged that he, 'On the 14th July, 1896, at the parish of Church Lench, then being the bailee of certain chattels, to wit, one reaping hook, one wooden hook, one rubber stone, one whet stone, and one bag, the goods of one George Young, did fraudulently take and convert the same to his own use, and thereby feloniously did steal the same'. Charles Thomas Sanders, is charged that he, 'On the 5th August, 1896, at the parish of Broadwas, did unlawfully steal sixty pounds weight of plums, the property of William Freeman, and then and there growing in a certain garden of the said William Freeman'. From the papers of Sir Richard Harington (1861-1931) of Ridlington, 12th Baronet, practised on the Oxford Circuit before taking up an appointment as a Puisne Judge in the High Court of Justice at Fort William in Bengal, 1899-1913. No other copy traced, either on OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC.…

Broadsheet, c. 42 x 52cm, fold marks, punch-holes (minor textual loss), some foxing in margins, 3 " closed tear (no textual loss), three columns of names inc. R. Stafford Cripps, six women, total more than 50 names, plus officers (e.g. Clerk of Assize, C.F. Lloyd).