These images are a selection from an album of photographs of prisoners brought before the North Shields Police Court in the early 1900s in the collection of Tyne & Wear Archives.
Alfred Thompson, arrested for larceny, 31st August 1902Alfred Wilkinson, clerk, arrested for obtaining money by false pretences, 12th April 1903Andrea Laudano, Italian ice cream vendor, arrested for larceny, 21st July 1904Anthony Russell, pitmen, arrested for larceny, 27 May 1904Charles Cunningham, arrested for indecent exposure, 9 February 1903Christopher J Morton, no fixed abode, arrested for larceny, 27 February 1905Daniel Lagarieta, Chilian seaman, arrested for larceny, 15 September 1904Daniel McCann, arrested for larceny, 8 August 1904Donald Kane, seaman, arrested for larceny, 22 October 1904Edward Anderson, seaman, arrested for larceny, 25th November 1902George Smith alias Lamb, tramp, arrested for begging, 15 March 1905George Williams, pugilist, arrested for frequenting, 15 August 1904Henry Moreland, miner, arrested for larceny, 18 October 1902Henry Wilson alias Charles Murray, arrested for false pretences, 24th April 1903James Dawson, arrested for indecent exposure, 9th June 1902James E. Brown, arrested for obtaining money by false pretences, 12 October 1904James Williams, arrested for larceny, 24th August 1902James Wilson, arrested for an alleged theft, 29 February 1904Jerome Guerrini, fireman and a French subject, arrested for murder, 22 July 1904John Clark, no fixed abode, arrested for loitering, 9 March 1905John Grant, fisherman, arrested for larceny, 13 February 1904John Gumis, Portuguese fireman, arrested for larceny, 5 October 1903John O’Brien, fireman, arrested for stealing a watch, 23rd May 1903John Reay, arrested for larceny, 31st August 1902John Renstrom, Finnish fireman, arrested for stealing clothes, 12th January 1903John Walker, boilermaker, arrested for false pretences, 30 March 1904Joseph Cruddas, miner, arrested for vagrancy, 13 March 1905Leonard Burdon, barman, arrested for false pretences, 1 November 1904Michael Mulvaney, a tramp of no fixed abode, arrested for drunkenness and begging, 17 August 1904Mustapha Irola, arrested for false pretences, 19th August 1904Richard Percy Stewart, painter, arrested for larceny, 20 January 1905Robert Hall, cartman, arrested for larceny, 9 November 1903Robert Jack, ships’ steward, arrested for false pretences, 12 January 1905Robert Lightly alias Golightly, pitmen, arrested for larceny, 27 May 1904Robert Whiting, arrested for larceny, 11 July 1902Sylvester Hurlbert, arrested for false pretences, 17th September 1902Thomas Appleton, draper’s assistant, arrested for larceny, 9 February 1903Walter Savory, donkeyman, arrested for larceny, 10 December 1903William Cunningham, arrested for larceny, 23rd March 1903William J Thompson, arrested for vagrancy, 13 March 1905William Lavery, labourer Low Lights, arrested for larceny, 15 December 1904William Sayers, labourer, arrested for larceny, 24 March 1903William Shaw, pugilist, arrested for frequenting, 15 August 1904William Small, arrested for frequenting, 13 June 1904William Sutton, homeless man, arrested for suspected person, 18 October 1904William Williamson, a labourer of South Shields, arrested for indecent exposure, 7 August 1903
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