Title
Certificate of Fitness for John Christopher Cobbett
Year/Period
19 March 1935
Region
Singapore and Malaysia
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Image size: 33 x 20.3 cm
Accession No.
2003-01571
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Koh Seow Chuan, DP Architects Pte Ltd
This is a certificate of fitness for John Christopher Cobbett issued on 19 March 1935 by the Honorary Secretary of the Singapore Bar Committee, Charles Herbert Withers Payne LL.D. 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.
