Robert Malcolm Kerr, Vanity Fair, 1900-11-22, Leslie Ward, 22 November 1900

Judges no. 59: caricature of mr commissioner kerr. From [1]: commissioner robert malcolm kerr (1821-1902), the son of john kerr (1791-1853), a writer in glasgow, and elizabeth malcolm. Educated at glasgow university then become a barrister in lincoln's inn. He was a judge at the guildhall court in the city of london for forty-three years. He twice failed to get into parliament, and despite being offered an extremely generous pension, he refused to retire from his position at the city of london court. Quote from original publication: "he administers a kind of rough and ready justice that irritates many and pleases few. His worst faults are his inclination to decide cases when only part heard and his occasional disregard of the existing state of the law. For years he has successfully defied the high court by persisting in refusal to trouble himself by taking notes of his cases. He does not believe in juries, and it is his special delight to ridicule the mayor's court which sits over the way. ". Caption reads: "the city of london court". Date: 22 November 1900.