Title
Petition of John Burkinshaw
Year/Period
6 October 1874
Region
Singapore and Malaysia
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Image size: 32.4 x 41.2 cm
Accession No.
2003-00827
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Koh Seow Chuan, DP Architects Pte Ltd
This is the petition of John Burkinshaw filed on 6 October 1874 for his admission as a solicitor and advocate to the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. It is part of a collection of legal documents from the 19th and early 20th centuries which provides a glimpse into the work of the notable personalities who left their mark on Singapore’s legal history, and the economic and other transactions undertaken by ordinary immigrants in 19th century Singapore that tell stories of misfortune and indebtedness which would otherwise have disappeared from history.
