Sir Matthew Hale, Kt, Chief Justice of the King's Bench St Thomas Square with a dog running alongside

with a dog running alongside

classical female figure with a wand awakening a recumbent oriental figure

View of Hyde Park showing the Crystal Palace

hanging from a lamp-post as a punishment for slandering Bethnal Green

Sir Matthew Hale, Kt, Chief Justice of the King's Bench St Thomas Square with a dog running alongside'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