2-378-353 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

Mr Curtis Bennet listening to Christabel Pankhurst's speech from the dock, London, October 1908. Bennet, the magistrate, listening to Pankhurst's speech in which she argues her case with such requests as a trial by judge and jury. She was on trial for her involvement in an attempt to incite the public to 'rush' the House of Commons in support of the suffragette campaign for votes for women.