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Young Trickster4th November 1925: A practical joker attaching a firework to a policemans jacket. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Cat Burglar1924: A man demonstrating how a cat burglar works. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Jack SheppardJuly 1907: The house of the English robber Jack Sheppard (1702-1724) in Southwark, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Petrol Wagon7th May 1926: Mounted police escort a petrol wagon along St Georges Road, Southwark, London, during the General Strike. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Back To School27th August 1935: A police officer helping a group of children to cross Rosebery Avenue, London, on their way to school. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Luard Murder Casecirca 1908: General Luards house at Ightham Knoll, Kent. The body of Luards wife was found in nearby woods with gunshot wounds to the head. The case remains unsolved
Justice Fountain, Berne, SwitzerlandPicture of the Justice Fountain taken in Berne, Switzerland
Inside Ananda Phaya Bagan Buddhist Temple Unesco MyanmarInside Ananda Phaya temple at Bagan, UNESCO world heritage place at Myanmar. Asia
Santa And The LawFather Christmas walking down the street flanked by two policemen. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
Festival Force25th August 1973: Police keep an eye on the crowd at Windsor Pop Festival in Windsor Great Park. (Photo by Tim Graham/Evening Standard/Getty Images)
River Police13th October 1976: A police boat at speed on the river Thames in London, with Tower Bridge behind. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
Police Linecirca 1980: Police forming a line in front of demonstrators at Llanwern Steel. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
Speed Trap1st December 1978: PC Alex McHattie aiming a radar speed gun (VASCA) at a car. (Photo by Roy Chaplin/Evening Standard/Getty Images)
City Snow20th November 1965: A policeman directs traffic on a snowy day in Ludgate Circus, London as a frozen food van drives past. (Photo by Sydney O Meara/Evening Standard/Getty Images)
Beauty contestUNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Female competitor in beauty contest, wearing one-piece bathing suit and heels in front of crowd, rear view, Roosevelt Raceway, New York. (Photo by H)
Wethersfield Prison For WomenA group of women in hoop skirts play croquet on a lawn as two men in top hats look on, at the Wethersfield Prison for Women, Connecticut, early 1860s. (Photo by Lightfoot/Getty Images)
Searching Car2nd September 1950: A customs officer searching the boot of a car at Calais. Original Publication: Picture Post - Through The French Customs - pub
Public Nuisance28th January 1939: An unusual sign in Londons Mayfair warns passers-by against making a public nuisance of themselves. Original Publication: Picture Post - 80 - Mayfair - pub
A police officer on the street, San Francisco, early 20th century (photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Elevated Train On Sixth AvenueTrain rides over elevated tracks past the Jefferson Market courthouse on Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Village, New York City, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Oliver Wendell HolmesPortrait of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935) American poet, essayist, novelist and physician, seated with his elbow on a table, circa 1881. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Evicted FamilyA mother and children with their belongings after being evicted from their house near Errismore in the west of Ireland, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Praying For FoodAn advertisement depicting a group of hungry peasants praying for food, with the slogan Give us this day our daily bread, part of the Anti-Corn Law Leagues campaign
The First FleetSome of the First Fleet - eleven British Navy ships under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, which took 750 British convicts to Botany Bay
The Prison GroupA group of prisoners sharing a cell, circa 1600. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Dublin RiotRioting outside the Liberty Hall headquarters of the Transport Workers Union in Dublin, 31st August 1913. Trouble flared after a meeting by striking tramway workers when crowds gathered
J1693688, diry 18758, print, H / LAW / PUNI / TRANSPORTATION, punishment, law, H 89916 ORIG H 89915A convict working in the British Penal Settlement in Bermuda, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
J1693688, diry 18758, print, H / LAW / PUNI / TRANSPORTATION, punishment, law, H 16539 BOX 294 1 / 4Chained prisoners being sent from Newgate Prison in London to Blackfriars, for transportation to America, circa 1760. From the The Newgate Calendar. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Garden Execution1871: Taking place in a back garden, the execution by firing squad of Generals Thomas (without hat) and Lecomte which started the Paris Commune
Palais De JusticeThe Palais de Justice or law courts, and the Conciergerie prison on the Ile de la Cite in Paris, 1856. The Pont au Change is under construction on the right
Palais de JusticeAugust 1955: View of the Palace of Justice from The Seine in Paris. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Charlie BoyA gentleman pushing over a watchmans hut to the delight of passers by. Entitled, Getting the Better of a Charlie. Original Artwork
Bow Street RunnerJohn Townsend, a Bow Street Runner. The Runners were forerunners of the modern police force and policed the streets in conjunction with nightwatchman but were more efficient
Keeping The PeaceCartoon titled A Slap At The Charleys or A Tom And Jerry Lark published in response to Robert Peels reorganization of the London metropolitan police force
Safer StreetsA line of policemen in beards striking terror into the hearts of the local children, entitled, The Police wear Beards and Moustaches - Panic Among The Street Boys
Peelers31st January 1837: Policemen assembling at Bow Street, London. Original Artwork: Engraving from the Penny Magazine (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Captured At Lastcirca 1838: Fagin sits alone in the condemned cell after his capture by the police in Charles Dickens Oliver Twist. Original Artwork: Engraving by George Cruikshank
Stand And Deliver1851: A Victorian highwayman takes two travellers on horseback by surprise, from The life of the late John Mylton (1608 - 1674) by Charles Apperley or Nimrod
Newgate Execution1st December 1809: An execution in front of the Debtors door at Newgate prison, London. Original Artwork: Engraving by Turnbull (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Antique illustration of tortures and death penalty
Jury NobblingA humorous cartoon showing a courtroom scene, in which a defendant threatens the members of a jury, circa 1800. The caption reads: Gentlemen of the jury
Holloway PrisonThe inner gate of Holloway Prison in London, circa 1850. Published in The Criminal Prisons of London, a compilation of articles entitled The Great World of London by Henry Mayhew, pub. 1862
Antique illustration of parliament