Title
Registrar's certificate of the Supreme Court, Penang for Yong Shook Lin
Year/Period
9 January 1919
Region
Singapore and Malaysia
Dimension
Image size: 33.5 x 21 cm
Accession No.
2003-01580
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Koh Seow Chuan, DP Architects Pte Ltd
This is a registrar's certificate of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements in Penang issued on 9 January 1919 concerning the petition of Yong Shook Lin for admission as a solicitor and advocate to the Supreme Court. 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.
