Odd-Handed Justice speyside View of Smithfield Market

View of Smithfield Market

Firemen fighting the blaze at the Cotton's Wharf Fire

Nicholas Mason

The Queen of Tonga waves to the crowds in Northumberland Avenue

View of Middle and Inner Temple

Odd-Handed Justice speyside View of Smithfield Market'Odd Handed Justice', 1872. Two ruffians discuss their sentences, whilst Policeman A1 stands on guard. This relates to the recent criticisms being levelled at the inequality in sentences being handed down by the courts. Crimes of robbery, especially with any violence, attracted long sentences. Wife beating, on the other hand, hardly merited any punishment at all. From Punch, or the London Charivari, April 27, 1872.