This is a document issued on 18 May 1863 concerning Henry Jefferd Tarrant. He received from Christian Baumgarten Esquire, Registrar of the Court of Judicature of Prince of Wales' Island, Singapore and Malacca, a copy of his certificate from the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. This document 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.