Sir Matthew Hale, 17th century Lord Chief Justice of England Size:XL: 100 x 70cm A policeman is reluctant to

A policeman is reluctant to accept that the man he is trying to rouse has died on the streets of London

earlier in the year

still at this time deep in the throes of the Civil War

Sir Gilbert Greenall

Sir Matthew Hale, 17th century Lord Chief Justice of England Size:XL: 100 x 70cm A policeman is reluctant toSir Matthew Hale, 17th century Lord Chief Justice of England, (1808). 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