The boy St Giles, arrested for stealing a hat belonging to the boy St James, is arraigned before the night-constable at Covent Garden watch-house. Etching after John Leech, 1845.

[London] : [Punch], [1845]

1 print : etching ; image 13 x 10 cm

St Giles in the watch-house. J. Leech.

Wellcome Collection 35899i

The boy St Giles is arrested for stealing a hat ("a white beaver hat, with a large plume of pink and white feathers") belonging to the boy St James at the entrance to the Covent Garden Theatre. St Giles stands in the dock before the night-constable in Covent Garden watch-house. Cesar Gum, the black slave and companion of onlookers, testifies against him