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THE BLACK CAP Mr Justice Coleridge, judge presiding at a trial, puts on the black cap which signifies that he is about to pass a death sentence Date: 1845 Stock Photo - Alamy
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SIR JOHN BAYLEY, Judge of the Court of King's Bench, London. He is wearing the 'black cap' which means he is in the process of condemning some wretched malefactor to death. Date:
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