Faces of British crime of the XIX century

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Faces of British crime of the XIX century

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What did the petty criminals of the XIX century look like? We offer you a look at the faces of English prisoners held in a penal colony in the period 1871-1873.

These portraits show petty criminals of various stripes convicted under the Crime Prevention Act of 1871. All the prisoners were convicted and served their time in Newcastle Prison. At that time, even young children could get a very real term. Life for the poor and the very bottom of British society was not easy then. Often, in order to feed themselves, the poor stole everything that came to hand. What a group theft of an iron by four little girls is worth.

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

1. James Joblin

Age (upon release): 26Height: 1.63 mHair: light brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

2. Jane Farrell

Age (upon release): 12Height: 1 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

3. James Dewitt

Age (upon release): 18Height: 1.73 mHair: darkEyes: darkPlace of birth: IrelandMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

4. William Harrison

Age (upon release): 51Height: 1.70 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: DurhamMarital status: married

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

5. James Donnelly

Age (upon release): 16Height: 1.52 mHair: brownEyes: brownPlace of birth: Shotley BridgeField of employment: laborer

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

6. John Reed

Age (upon release): 15Height: 1.49 mHair: light brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: GatesheadMarital status: singleField of employment: glassblower

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

7. John Roman

Age (upon release): 64Height: 1.70 mHair: GreyEyes: bluePlace of birth: GermanyMarital status: marriedField of employment: tailor

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

8. Thomas Watson

Age (upon release): 40Height: 1.67 mHair: brownEyes: brownPlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: singleField of employment: shoemaker

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

9. Mary Ann Ross

Age (upon release): 34Height: 1.57 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: EdinburghMarital status: Widow

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

10. Thomas Tweedy

Age (upon release): 20Height: 1.63 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: singleField of employment: day laborer

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

11. Agnes Stewart

Age (upon release): 28Height: 1.61 mHair: brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: EdinburghMarital status: married

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

12. Mary Costella

Age (upon release): 27Height: 1.55 mHair: BlackEyes: brownPlace of birth: Shotley BridgeMarital status: married

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

13. Mary Katarina Docherty

Age (upon release): 14Height: 1.44 mHair: redEyes: bluePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

14. Ellen Woodman

Age (upon release): 11Height: 1.30 mHair: redEyes: bluePlace of birth: DurhamMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

15. Mary Hanigan

Age (upon release): 13Height: 1.53 mHair: light brownEyes: brownPlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

16. Rosanna Watson

Age (upon release): 13Height: 1.50 mHair: light brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: DurhamMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

17. Henry Leonard Stephenson

Age (upon release): 12Height: 1.35 mHair: darkEyes: brownPlace of birth: Castle EdenMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

18. Patrick O'Neill

Age (upon release): 19Height: 1.57 mHair: brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: singleField of employment: bootblack

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

19. Ann Burns

Age (upon release): 18Height: 1.50 mHair: brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

20. Margaret McCann

Age (upon release): 24Height: 1.53 mHair: light brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: singleField of employment: street vendor

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

21. James Loxley

Age (upon release): 22Height: 1.72 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: singleField of employment: stoker

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

22. Katarina Callie

Age (upon release): 17Height: 1.55 mHair: brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: NottinghamMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

23. Isabella Dodds

Age (upon release): 17Height: 1.44 mHair: brownEyes: brownPlace of birth: LiverpoolMarital status: singleField of employment: maid

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

24. Isabella Smith

Age (upon release): 60Height: 1.55 mHair: GreyEyes: brownPlace of birth: ElsdonMarital status: singleField of employment: day laborer for housework

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

25. Henry Miller

Age (upon release): 14Height: 1.35 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: BerwickMarital status: singleField of employment: pastry chef

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

26. Joshua Robson

Age (upon release): 19Height: 1.55 mHair: light brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: singleField of employment: carpenter

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

27. Sabine Forbes

Age (upon release): 32Height: 1.65 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: married

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

28. David Barron

Age (upon release): 19Height: 1.55 mHair: light brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

29. William Hill

Age: 28Height: 1.67 mHair: blondePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: singleField of employment: carpenter

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

30. Michael Clement Fisher

Age: 13Height: 1.44 mHair: brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: West HartepoolMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

31. Robert Bolam

Age: 20Height: 1.70 mHair: brownEyes: brownPlace of birth: GatesheadMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

32. William Salmon

Age: 18Height: 1.65 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: DumfriesField of employment: worker

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

33. Thomas Garraty

Age: 18Height: 1.52 mHair: brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: GatesheadField of employment: laborerMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

34. Edward Shevlin

Age: 32Height: 1.65 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: IrelandField of employment: laborerMarital status: married

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

35. Robert Carlton

Age: 16Height: 1.50 mHair: brownEyes: brownPlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

36. George Lamb

Age (upon release): 17Height: 1.63 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: singleField of employment: carrier

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

37. Peter Duffy

Age (upon release): 20Height: 1.63 mHair: light brownEyes: brownPlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: singleField of employment: worker

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

38. John Duffy

Age (upon release): 16Height: 1.57 mHair: light brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: singleField of employment: laborer

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

39. William Bell

Age (upon release): 32Height: 1.65 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: marriedField of employment: blacksmith

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

40. William Badger

Age (upon release): 20Height: 1.52 mHair: brownEyes: gray-bluePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: singleField of employment: shoemaker

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

41. George Bell

Age (upon release): 24Height: 1.63 mHair: brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: HexhamMarital status: singleField of employment: worker

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

42. Thomas Smith

Age (upon release): 32Height: 1.65 mHair: brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: New YorkMarital status: widowerField of employment: shoemaker

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

43. Ann Wood

Age (upon release): 30Height: 1.60 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: CramlingtonMarital status: married

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

44. William Smith

Age (upon release): 25Height: 1.60 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: SheffieldMarital status: singleField of employment: printer

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

45. Mary Erskine Christie

Age (upon release): 20Height: 1.63 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

46. George Robb

Age (upon release): 19Height: 1.65 mHair: brownEyes: brownPlace of birth: ScotlandMarital status: singleField of employment: carpenter

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

47. Richard Bradshaw

Age (upon release): 40Height: 1.67 mHair: brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: IrelandMarital status: marriedField of employment: street vendor

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

48. Robert Hardy

Age (upon release): 21Height: 1.67 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: CorbridgeMarital status: singleField of employment: signalman

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

49. George Ray

Age (upon release): 30Height: 1.67 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: ScotlandMarital status: marriedField of employment: security guard on the railway

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

50. Thomas Pearson

Age (upon release): 31Height: 1.73 mHair: brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: HamsvauMarital status: singleField of employment: security guard on the railway

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

51. William Brenkston.

Age (upon release): 43Height: 1.67 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: AlnwickMarital status: marriedField of employment: laborer

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

52. Ann Kirk

Age (upon release): 35Height: 1.55 mHair: redEyes: bluePlace of birth: IrelandMarital status: singleField of employment: day laborer for housework

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

53. Phyllis Robinson

Age (upon release): 34Height: 1.57 mHair: redEyes: bluePlace of birth: AlnwickMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

54. James Richley

Age (upon release): 30Height: 1.70 mHair: light brownEyes: brownPlace of birth: PrestonMarital status: marriedField of employment: warehouse worker

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

55. John Scott

Age (upon release): 29Height: 1.65 mHair: brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: marriedField of employment: laborer

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

56. John Bryan

Age (upon release): 29Height: 1.67 mHair: BlackEyes: bluePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: marriedField of employment: water carrier

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

57. John Richards

Age (upon release): 25Height: 1.65 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: PlymouthMarital status: singleField of employment: hatter

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

58. Catherine Flynn

Age (upon release): 34Height: 1.55 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: IrelandMarital status: married

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

59. Jane Kearsley

Age (upon release): 29Height: 1.47 mHair: brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: CumberlandMarital status: singleField of employment: street vendor

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

60. John Grieveson

Age (upon release): 21Height: 1.63 mHair: blondeEyes: greyPlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: singleField of employment: seller

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

61. Jane Carter

Age (upon release): 22Height: 1.55 mHair: light brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: married

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

62. Jeev Wooster

Age (upon release): 39Height: 1.55 mHair: blondeEyes: bluePlace of birth: Felling

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

63. Robert Kraddas

Age (upon release): 25Height: 1.55 mHair: brownEyes: brownPlace of birth: Barnard CastleMarital status: singleField of employment: laborer

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

64. Charles Burns

Age (upon release): 19Height: 1.65 mHair: darkEyes: brownPlace of birth: LiverpoolMarital status: singleField of employment: miner

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

65. Ezekiel Yates

Age (upon release): 35Height: 1.65 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: PenrithMarital status: marriedField of employment: grocer

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

66. Alice Mallholland

Age (upon release): 18Height: 1.52 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: single

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

67. Mary Patterson

Age (upon release): 25Height: 1.60 mHair: brownEyes: brownPlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: married

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

68. John Allan

Age (upon release): 19Height: 1.73 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: VarkMarital status: singleField of employment: laborer

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

69. Thomas Dixon

Age (upon release): 20Height: 1.67 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: singleField of employment: stoker

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

70. John Storley

Age (upon release): 32Height: 1.73 mHair: blondeEyes: greyPlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: singleField of employment: laborer

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

71. James Scrillinton

Age (upon release): 13Height: 1 mHair: light brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: singleField of employment: laborer

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

72. John Taylor

Age (upon release): 26Height: 1.75 mHair: brownEyes: brownPlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: marriedField of employment: bricklayer

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

73. John Devine

Age (upon release): 17Height: 1.70 mHair: brownEyes: greyPlace of birth: IrelandMarital status: singleField of employment: wood carver

Faces of British crime of the XIX century

74. Mary Ann MccAsfree

Age (upon release): 41Height: 1.65 mHair: brownEyes: bluePlace of birth: NewcastleMarital status: marriedField of employment: street vendor

Keywords: 19th century | XIX century | Victorian era | Colony | Criminals | Crime

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