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Ellen Healey alias Stephenson, arrested for stealing a pair of boots
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Name:Ellen Healey alias Stephenson.Arrested for: not given.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 21 January 1908.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-45-Ellen Healey AKA Stephenson..The Shields Daily News for 21 January 1908 reports:.."LARCENY AT NORTH SHIELDS. YOUNG WOMAN SENT TO PRISON...At North Shields Police Court today, Ellen Healy, a young woman, was charged with having stolen a pair of boots, value 5s, the property of David Borthwick, 6 Church Way, on Dec. 31...Hannah Borthwick, sister of the prosecutor, said that the accused lodged with her for three weeks. On Dec. 31st witness left the house at 6 pm, returning the following morning. The prisoner had gone and the boots were missing. Further evidence showed that the accused pledged the boots on the 31st Dec., telling the pawnbroker that the last witness had sent her, and that she was arrested at Newcastle. Accused, who belongs to Houghton-le-Spring, made her 5th appearance and the Chief Constable (Mr J.H. Huish) said he had received information that her father would not allow her in the house on account of her bad character...The accused pleaded guilty, cried bitterly, and promised to behave better in future. She was sent to prison for 14 days."..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)...(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 [email protected].
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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