Justice to the Rescue! mb-height 2699 In the foreground a barrow

In the foreground a barrow of fruit has been knocked over

hardly merited any punishment at all

However by September 1720 the market had collapsed and many investors were ruined

Charlton Athletic football team training in the snow at Eastbourne

The satire is a protest against the introduction of paper money

Justice to the Rescue! mb-height 2699 In the foreground a barrowJustice to the Rescue!, 1876. Uncle Sam and John Bull, representing Britain and the United States of America, are tearing up the Extradition Treaty of 1842. The allegorical figure of Justice, identifiable by her sword and scales, intervenes, saying: 'Stop, gentlemen! You've both of you too many rogues loose, to do without that!'. The extradition treaty was a clause dealing with the mutual extradition of criminals and was part of the Webster Ashburton