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Emily Wilding Davison found on staircase of reading room

This police report outlines how Emily was found in the House of Commons at 2.23 AM, getting over a 3 foot high railing at Members' staircase. Chief Inspector Scantlebury adds at the end, 'This is the same woman who has been found here on former occasions.'

Title

Police report: Emily Wilding Davison found on staircase

Date

26 June 1911

Catalogue number

Parliamentary Archives, HC/SA/SJ/10/12 item 36