The Wasp — 1892 — page 228: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This political cartoon satirizes what appears to be judicial or legal obstruction. The title references "hurdles" being "firmly fixed for Justice and raised," suggesting barriers preventing justice from proceeding. The imagery shows a woman (likely representing Justice, depicted classically in flowing robes) wielding a large sword while leaping over obstacles labeled "POLICE COURT TECHNICALITIES." A gentleman in a top hat flees before her. Various barriers and equipment obstruct the path forward. The satire critiques how procedural technicalities in police courts were being used to obstruct justice or protect defendants from accountability. The cartoon suggests that legal loopholes were creating unnecessary barriers to fair judicial outcomes, with Justice forced to literally jump over these obstacles to succeed.