Arrested William Cunningham, Mugshot photograph, England

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Arrested William Cunningham, Mugshot photograph, England

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Name: William Cunningham.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 23rd March 1903.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-15-Wm Cunningham..The Shields Daily Gazette for 23 March 1903 reports:..William Cunnigham (49) was charged at North Shields this morning with stealing a piece of beef , valued 1s 4d, from a shop in Stephenson Street, the property of Joseph G. Grant. Prosecutor stated that on Saturday night defendant went to his shop and asked to be served with a piece of meat. Witness weighed him a joint but defendant said it was too much and went out. After he had left the shop witness missed a piece of meat from the window. He went after the defendant who on seeing him threw the beef up a back street. PC Colpitts deposed to arresting defendant, who, when charged offered to pay for the meat. The bench imposed a fine of 10s without costs."..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].

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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1903
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Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom54.97825, -1.61778
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Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums
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