Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act 1913 Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act 1913 The Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act, commonly referred to as the Cat and Mouse Act, was an Act of Parliament passed in Britain under Herbert Henry Asquith's Liberal government in 1913. Some members of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU, commonly referred to as suffragettes) had been imprisoned for acts of vandalism in support of women's suffrage. In protest at being imprisoned some of the suffragettes undertook hunger strikes. The hunger strikers were then force-fed by the prison staff leading to a public outcry. The act was a response
The Year of the Mouse The Year of the Mouse The Year of the Mouse is a Tom and Jerry cartoon released in 1965, directed and produced by Chuck Jones, with animation by Dick Thompson, Ben Washam, Don Towsley, and Ken Harris. The cartoon itself is a revamped remake of Chuck Jones's earlier Warner Bros. Looney Tunes 1949 Oscar Nominated short "Mouse Wreckers", featuring Claude Cat and mouse duo Hubie and Bertie. This is one of the very few shorts in which Tom emerges victorious over Jerry. Whilst Tom is sleeping, Jerry and Tuffy on a chimney top, decide to play mean tricks on Tom.