Legal Trial Collection

Princess Flying Boat
19th August 1952: Holidaymakers at Cowe, Isle of Wight, watching the launching of a 140 ton Saunders-Roe Princess flying boat prior to flight trials

Crippen Trial
August 1910: Crowds gather outside the Old Bailey law court during the trial of Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen who murdered his second wife Belle Elmore at their home in London

Sand Racing
21st June 1913: Competitors in the South Wales and Cardiff Motor Cycle Speed Trials racing along the beach at Rest Bay Sands, Porthcawl. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Motorcycle rider performing a wheelie while negociating rocks and water, low angle side view

Illustration depicting court of law

Bluebird Trial Run
11th May 1964: Donald Campbells Bluebird reaches 200 miles per hour during its first trial run at Lake Eyre, south Australia, where he hopes to break the land speed record

Air Trials
10th October 1955: A squadron of Gannet anti-submarine aircraft fly over the HMS Ark Royal during the carrier drill and flying trials in the English Channel

France In Southampton
7th January 1962: People on the quayside watch as the new 1035 ft French passenger liner France manoeuvres out of the Ocean Terminal at Southampton

Speed Trials
Helpers pull car number 65, a De Dion Bouton, out of a ditch during the reliability trials conducted by the Irish Automobile Club. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Daimler Racer
The official Car No. 1, a Daimler, on the hill climb during car trials in North Africa. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Reliability Trials
During the reliability trials race between Nottingham and Newcastle, vehicles pass cattle and pedestrians by the roadside on the way into Wetherby, Yorkshire

Three-Winged
26th May 1919: The 3-winged Tarrant Triplane is made ready for its trial flight. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Tarrant Triplane
26th May 1919: The 3-winged Tarrant Triplane is made ready for its trial flight. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

A Tank On Trial
5th March 1918: British Army tank trials in Lincolnshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Line Of Cars
1906: A line of cars ready for the start of a racing trial. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Scottish Trials
June 1906: Drivers outside the Grantown Arms Hotel for the Scottish Trials. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Brake Trials
15th June 1908: Brake and shunting trials at the Great Western Railway depot in Acton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Take Off
18th August 1908: The Bellamy aeroplane at full throttle trying to fly during its trials at Petersham Meadows, Weybridge. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Finish Of Race
October 1913: The finish of the race at the Bristol Motor Car Club speed trials at Weston Supermare. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Vintage Car Race
22nd April 1910: Motor cars and spectators at Queen Eleanors Cross, Northampton, on the 10th anniversary of the 1, 000 miles trial. Lord Montague is in the car on extreme left

Retriever Trials
1st November 1912: The Horsham Retriever Trials - the meet at Peper Harrow, Godalming, Surrey. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bellamy Plane
18th June 1908: Bellamys aeroplane at trials in Petersham Meadows showing a front view of the propellers. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The King George
July 1927: The King George V locomotive engine leaving Paddington Station for a non-stop trial run to Plymouth. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Oil Tanker
1927: The first bulk petroleum carrier Paua, owned by the Imperial Oil Company, at sea on trials. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Watching Trials
11th August 1911: Spectators watching the Auto Cycle Union Reliability Trials at Blue Bank. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Rounding Bend
9th August 1911: Motorcyclists P Shaw and G G Piggott, riding a 6 hp Zenitha, round the bend at Sutton Bank during the Auto Cycle Union reliability trials. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Speed Trials
2nd May 1925: Spectators watching the 100 miles high speed reliability trials at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey, England, in progress at a hairpin bend

Motor Racing
5th June 1926: 100 miles high speed reliability trials by the Junior Car Club at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey, England. A competitor negotiating one of the hairpin bends

Speed Trial
2nd May 1925: 58 light cars starting the 100 miles high speed reliability trials at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey, England. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

St Lazare Prison
circa 1914: St Lazare prison, where Mme Henriette Caillaux was held while awaiting trial for murder. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Dunne Biplane
The John William Dunne D8 biplane in flight during trials at Hendon. The aircraft flew from Eastchurch to Paris in 1913. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airship Test
April 1925: The R33 airship emerges from its hangar to begin a series of trial flights for research purposes. Its first voyage will be from Cardington in Bedford to Pulham in Norfolk

Triplane Nosedive
26th May 1919: The trial flight of the three-winged Tarrant Triplane ends in failure. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Driving In Tunnel
May 1908: Motorists emerge from the Kenmare Tunnel during the Irish Automobile Club Reliability Trials. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Irish Speed Trials
22nd May 1908: Local women watch the reliability trials conducted by the Irish Automobile Club at Rosleigh. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Crashed Triplane
May 1919: The trial flight of the Tarrant Triplane ends in failure. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Shamrock V through the rigging
1930: Americas Cup Challenger, Shamrock V, through the rigging of another yacht, during trials. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Liner On Trial
16th September 1935: The P&O liner SS Strathmore, anchored off Gourock, after she had completed her speed trials and attained 22 knots

DH Dragon Rapide
22nd March 1935: The Air Councils latest plane, a De Havilland Dragon Rapide, making its trial flights at the De Havilland Aerodrome at Hatfield, Hertfordshire. (Photo by J. A)

Lizard Lifeboat
The Lizard lifeboat, The Duke of Cornwall being hauled up its slipway after a trial launch. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Antique illustration of parliament

Airship
12th March 1979: AD 500 airship wheeled out for trials at Cardignton. (Photo by Mike Stephens/Central Press/Getty Images)

Speedy Royal
29th November 1968: The newly launched liner, Queen Elizabeth II undergoing speed trials off the Isle of Arran before being handed over to the Cunard Line on 19th December

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