Sir Matthew Hale, Kt, Chief Justice of the King's Bench St Thomas Square a lion from Senegal

a lion from Senegal

View of visitors arriving at the east end of the pavilion on Holborn Viaduct

Millbank Prison opened in 1821

showing a royal procession with Queen Victoria's carriage

Joshua Reynold's ghost appears from the paved floor in the foreground

Sir Matthew Hale, Kt, Chief Justice of the King's Bench St Thomas Square a lion from Senegal'Sir Matthew Hale, Kt, Chief Justice of the King's Bench', 1670. It was Hale's (1609 1676) opinion that The husband cannot be guilty of a rape committed by himself upon his lawful wife, for by their mutual matrimonial consent and contract, the wife hath given herself in kind unto the husband which she cannot retract. His statement was partly responsible for the fact that, until recently, spousal rape was not recognized as a crime in most common law