Printed Ephemera — 1912-03-01
Metropolitan Police
Charge sheet issued to the suffragette Florence Haig ordering her to appear before Bow Street court. The sheet refers to the charge of causing wilful damage to D H Evans' Oxford Street department store. Florence's action of smashing one of the store's windows was undertaken as part of the Women's Social and Political Union (W.S.P.U.) window-smashing campaign of March 1912. At trial Florence was found guilty and received a sentence of four months' imprisonment in Holloway Gaol.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 96.103/9
- Object name:
- Metropolitan Police
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- Artist/Maker:
- London Metropolitan Police
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- Production date:
- 1912-03-01
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 241 mm, W 192 mm
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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