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Name: John Legg.Arrested for: not given.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 19 September 1905.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-77-John Legg..For an image of one of his accomplices, John Keating, see twm_news/22984005345/in/album-72157... ( ...twm_news/22984005345/in/album-72157651877221026/ ) ...The Shields Daily News 19 September 1905 reports:. .“THEFT OF BEER AT NORTH SHIELDS.. .At North Shields Police Court today, John Legg, Thomas Codling and John T. Keating, young men, were charged with stealing from the warehouse of Messrs Gray and Son, wharfingers, Liddell Street, 10 gallons of beer, valued at 14s, on the 11th inst.. .Joseph Gunn, manager for the prosecutors, said that in consequence of something that had previously happened he concealed himself in the warehouse on the 11th inst. At 8.50pm Legg and Keating entered the yard and made their way to the beer shed. He came out of hiding and caught the two men named and sent for the police.. .PC Graham said he arrested the accused and searched them. In the possession of Legg he found three spiles, which he said he used to stop the beer after he tapped the barrel. Witness afterwards charged all three. Legg replied “I did not steal all that.” Codling said: “I never stole that much” and Keating answered “The same for me”. On being formally charged the accused pleaded guilty and they were each committed to prison for one month”...Sadly, this wasn't be be John Legg's last court appearance. The Shields Daily News for 28 February 1907 reports:.."THEFT OF IRON AT NORTH SHIELDS. YOUTHS SENT TO PRISON...At North Shields Police Court today, John Legg (19), Skipsey's Quay; Robert Richardson (17) and John Richardson (14), Union Stairs, Liddell Street, were charged with having stolen a quantity of iron from the Shields Engineering Company's Works, Bell Street, on the 27th inst...PC Dixon said that at 9.50 last night he was on duty in Liddell Street, near the Engineering Works, when he heard a noise on the shore. On going there he found a bag containing iron on the bottom of some steps and the three prisoners a few yards away. He asked them what they were doing there and they said they were looking for wood. While they were talking Legg went away and witness followed, but was unable to find him, and the iron had also disappeared. He afterwards saw the three prisoners in Richardson's home and arrested them. He charged them with the theft and they replied that the iron was there when they went on the shore. An assistant manager of the Shields Engineering Coy. valued the iron produced at 2s...The two eldest prisoners pleaded guilty, but John Richardson denied the charge. Legg, who had previously been imprisoned for larceny, was sent to gaol for a month with hard labour. Robert Richardson was committed for seven days in the second division and John Richardson was discharged."..For an image of Legg's accomplice Robert Richardson see twm_news/18447897895/in/album-72157... ( ...twm_news/18447897895/in/album-72157651877221026/ ) . ..These images are a selection from an album of photographs of prisoners brought before the North Shields Police Court between 1902 and 1916 in the collection of Tyne & Wear Archives (TWA ref DX1388/1)...This set contains mugshots of boys and girls under the age of 21. This reflects the fact that until 1970 that was the legal age of majority in the UK...(Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk.

Criminal faces of Newcastle. These images are a selection from an albums of photographs of prisoners and convicted criminals. Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums manages a collection of 12 museums and galleries across Tyne and Wear.

A mug shot or mugshot is a photographic portrait of a person from the waist up, typically taken after a person is arrested made with a purpose to have a photographic record for identification purposes by victims, the public and investigators. A typical mug shot is two-part, with one side-view, and one front-view. The paired arrangement may have been inspired by the 1865 prison portraits taken by Alexander Gardner of accused conspirators in the Lincoln assassination trial, though Gardner's photographs were full-body portraits with only the heads turned for the profile shots. The earliest mugshot photos of prisoners may have been taken in Belgium in 1843 and 1844. In the UK, the police of London started taking mugshots in 1846. By 1857, the New York City Police Department had a gallery where daguerreotypes of criminals were displayed.

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Criminal faces of Newcastle

Criminal faces of Newcastle. These images are a selection from an albums of photographs of prisoners and convicted criminals.

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Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom ,  54.97825, -1.61778
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cap jacket muffler beer theft north shields young youth edwardian social history black and white photograph digital image criminal faces of north shields children child male man boys 19 september 1905 john legg neutral background seated attentive hat hair portrait scarf coat trousers button crease hand fabric john keating accomplices fascinating stealing north shields police court young men messrs gray and son pc graham prison term guilty iron shields engineering company works thomas coding joseph gunn spiles denial pleaded guilty court case criminal record newspaper report the shields daily news 28 february 1907 robert richardson john richardson hard labour second division discharged 1902 16 tyne and wear archives and museums economic and social conditions prisoner mugshot prisoners 1900 s commoners law enforcement police criminals 1900 s