CARTOON - THE LAW OF THE SUSPECT CALUMNY
1918This black and white hand drawn cartoon features four women standing near a lamp post. Behind them are three men. The middle man is in a dark uniform. The man on the right is leaning over to talk to him with a hand raised to partially cover what he is saying. A snake with text reading [CALUMNY] written on its body is slithering around the man on the right’s legs
Ben Strange’s signature is in the bottom right corner.
When published the cartoon was published in the Western Mail on 14 April 1918, page 7 it was accompanied with the following caption:
THE LAW OF THE SUSPECT
In several cases which came under my notice, Men had accused innocent girls and it had been established on enquiry that the girls know nothing about the men in question.'
Note: Calumny means - the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander.
HIGH
The Ben Strange cartoons are historically significant as they depict many key figures linked to the history and development of both Western Australia and Australia. Political figures who regularly appeared in his cartoon’s included John ‘Happy Jack’
Details
Details
City of Armadale - History House
City of Armadale - History House
Other items by Ben Strange
- CARTOON - SLUMDOM
- CARTOON - HIS TROUBLE
- CARTOON - WHEN CONSTABULARY DUTYS TO BE DONE - A POLICEMANS LOT IS NOT A HAPPY ONE
- CARTOON - TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD
- CARTOON - THREE GOLFERS ON A GOLF COURSE
- CARTOON - STARVATION IN EUROPE
- CARTOON - INDUSTRIAL WRECKERS
- CARTOON - IN TROUBLED WATERS
- CARTOON - SHE'S COMING! - THE NEW TERROR
- CARTOON - ON A GOOD WICKET
- CARTOON - TOMMY WALKER- STILL GOING STRONG
- CARTOON - YOUR EYES HAVE TOLD ME SO
Other items from City of Armadale - History House
- CARTOON - THE WAITS CHRISTMAS 1916
- CARTOON - THE SAME OLD COW ON THE LINE
- CARTOON - LABOUR REFORM
- CARTOON - THE TRIUMPH OF THE CROSS
- CARTOON - TWO OF A KIND
- CARTOON - TEMPTING GOOD - A BERLIN SHOWCASE
- CARTOON - A DANGEROUS OCCUPATION
- CARTOON - SILENCE IS NOT ALWAYS GOLDEN - AND THE LAW MAKES A POOR CUPID
- CARTOON - A LITTLE BABY WITH A BIG BOTTLE
- CARTOON - THAT MALIGNANT GROWTH
- CARTOON - THE WATCH DOG
- CARTOON - THE SIMPLE LIFE