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George Taylor, arrested on suspicion of planning to commit a felony
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Name: George Taylor.Arrested for: not given.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 4 October 1907.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-111-George Taylor..For an image of his accomplice William J. Kay see twm_news/23403528792/in/album-72157... ( ...twm_news/23403528792/in/album-72157651877221026/ ) ...The Shields Daily News for 5 October 1907 reports:..“ ‘SUSPECTS’ DISCHARGED AT NORTH SHIELDS..At the North Shields Police Court today Wm. J. Kay (18), George Taylor (17) and William Miller (15) were charged on remand with being found on board the brig Agenda supposed for the purpose of committing a felony at 11.45 p.m. on Thursday. PC Proudlock stated that he found the defendants concealed under the bulwarks of the brig Agenda which was lying at the Union Quay. They had previously been on board of another ship...The defendants said they were on their way home and merely went on board the brig to sit down and warm themselves. They were discharged, the chairman warning them to keep off the boats."..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 [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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