Title
Requests from Hugh Bernard Baker to the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements
Year/Period
29 March 1930
Region
Singapore and Malaysia
Object Type
Material
Technique
Accession No.
2003-01558
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Koh Seow Chuan, DP Architects Pte Ltd
These are requests made by Hugh Bernard Baker on 29 March 1930 to the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. They are 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.
