3-077-939 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Mr. John Bridge, new Chief Magistrate of Bow-Street, 1890. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Fradelle and Young. 'Mr. John Bridge, who has been appointed successor to the late Sir James Ingham as Chief Magistrate of the Bow-street Police-Court, was called to the Bar on Jan. 25, 1850, and was appointed a metropolitan magistrate on Jan. 18, 1872. For some years he presided at the Southwark Police-Court, and on the death of Mr. Flowers was transferred to Hammersmith, in which court he has adjudicated many important cases'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.