Arrested for: Frequenting
Arrested at: North Shields Police Station
Arrested on: 15 August 1904
Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-55-William Shaw
The Shields Daily Gazette for 8 August 1904 reports:
"REMANDED FOR INQUIRIES
At North Shields, George Williams (32), a pugilist, of Newcastle, and William Shaw (45), a cabinet maker, Newcastle, were charged with frequenting the Electric Tram Cars between North Shields and Whitley for the purpose of committing a felony on Sunday night. Mr G.W. Chapman defended. The magistrates remanded the accused for eight days for enquiries to be made".
You can see a mugshot of Shaw’s accomplice here http://ift.tt/1HvP1B3.
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).
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