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  • Name: Thomas H Watson Arrested for: not given Arrested at: North Shields Police Station Arrested on: 11 September 1906 Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-93-Thomas H Watson The Shields Daily News for 11 September 1906 reports: “SUSPECTS ON BOARD SHIP AT NORTH SHIELDS. At North Shields Police Court today, James Jefferson (18) and Thomas Watson…

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  • Name: Joseph Tombling Arrested for: Larceny Arrested at: North Shields Police Station Arrested on: 4 February 1905 Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-63-Joseph Tombling The Shields Daily News for 10 February 1905 reports: “SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A NORTH SHIELDS YOUTH. COLLECTING FOR A BOGUS CRICKET CLUB. THREE MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT. At North Shields Police Court today…

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  • Name: Robert Smith Arrested for: not given Arrested at: North Shields Police Station Arrested on: 27 July 1905 Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-75-Robert Smith Images are also available of his accomplices James Curry http://ift.tt/1HXfO9f… and John Curry http://ift.tt/1HXfO9h…. The Shields Daily News for 28 July 1905 reports: “THEFT FROM SMITH’S DOCK. THREE NORTH SHIELDS…

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  • Name: Margaret A O’Brien Arrested for: Larceny Arrested at: North Shields Police Station Arrested on: 6 August 1904 Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-35-Margaret O Brien The Shields Daily Gazette for 6 August 1904 reports: “Margaret Ann O’Brien (14), 1 Queen’s Terrace, North Shields, was charged with attempting to obtain the sum of £1 from…

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  • Name: Charles Nixon Arrested for: not given Arrested at: North Shields Police Station Arrested on: 20 December 1907 Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-119-Charles Nixon 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…

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  • Name: Daniel McCann Arrested for: Larceny Arrested at: North Shields Police Station Arrested on: 8 August 1904 Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-53-Daniel McCann The Shields Daily Gazette for 8 August 1904 reports: "THREE MONTHS EACH. NEWCASTLE THIEVES IN NORTH SHIELDS Daniel McCann (30), Newcastle, and Mary Johnson (30), alias Elizabeth Chantiller, Newcastle, were charged…

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  • Name: Mary Johnson Arrested for: Larceny Arrested at: North Shields Police Station Arrested on: 8 August 1904 Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-35-Mary Johnson The Shields Daily Gazette for 8 August 1904 reports: "THREE MONTHS EACH. NEWCASTLE THIEVES IN NORTH SHIELDS Daniel McCann (30), Newcastle, and Mary Johnson (30), alias Elizabeth Chantiller, Newcastle, were charged…

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  • Name: Donald Kane Arrested for: Larceny Arrested at: North Shields Police Station Arrested on: 22 October 1904 Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-59-Donald Kane The Shields Daily Gazette for 24 October 1904 reports: “THEFT FROM A SCHOONER. SEAMAN SENT TO PRISON At North Shields, Donald Kane, seaman, Dumbarton, was charged with having stolen between 21st…

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  • Name: George Williams Arrested for: Frequenting Arrested at: North Shields Police Station Arrested on: 15 August 1904 Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-55-George Williams 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…

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Paul Sedra

Historian of Modern Egypt