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
Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse "The Alvin Show." Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse is a children's cartoon television show that was produced by Trans-Artists Productions and syndicated by Tele Features Inc. in 1960. The characters were created by Bob Kane as a spoof of his earlier creations, Batman and Robin. In many ways, "Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse" presages the "campier" aspects of the later "Batman" live action series, which William Dozier and Howie Horwitz produced as a villain-driven action-comedy lampoon. In the animated series, the pair are anthropomorphic animal superheroes without known secret identities (the green-eyed caped crimefighter and