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James Wilton
alias Charles Wharton
On 2 June 1887 Wilton was
convicted of theft of a bag at Paddington station and was sentenced
to six months imprisonment with hard labour. |
Margaret Leck
Leck was a travelling railway thief from Kendal, Westmorland. On
21 December 1904 she stole a trunk at Edinburgh Waverley station.
She was wanted by the North Eastern Railway Police and the London
and North Western Railway Police for thefts of luggage.
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Duncan Paton
Paton was an ex-soldier and
a native of Edinburgh and a heavy drinker. On 15 January
1906, he was convicted of theft of a bag at Edinburgh Waverley
station and received six months imprisonment. |
Arthur Dunn
Convicted at Leeds City
Police Court on 10 February 1920 charged with theft of dead rabbits
from Wellington station. Sentenced to one month imprisonment
with hard labour. |
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William Klingender
On 28 May 1887
Klingender received six months imprisonment with hard labour
for stealing a bag at Manchester Victoria station. He admitted to
also being convicted at Birmingham.
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Leslie Hines
Hines was a notorious railway thief. He was fined on 12 July
1904 for travelling on the North East Railway without a ticket and
on the 28th of the same month was sentenced to six months
imprisonment with hard labour for theft of a bag at King's Cross
station.
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Thomas Woods
A butcher by trade, Woods was a notorious ‘card
sharper’. On 3 September 1917 he stole £4 by card
sharping on a North British Railway train contrary to the
Prevention of Gaming (Scotland) Act 1869. He received 60 days
imprisonment.
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William Slater
Slater was from Bradford and on 3 April 1917 stole a Portmanteau
from Edinburgh Waverley station. He was sentenced to four
months in jail. |
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Patrick Woods
A miner, Woods was convicted of card sharping with his brother,
Thomas, on September 1917 and also sentenced to 60 days. |
Gordon Marr
Private 11446580 of the 16th Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment
(British Expeditionary Force - France), was sentenced to 10 days
imprisonment for theft of a box of fish from Edinburgh Waverley
station on 22 January 1918. |
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John Proctor
alias Frederick Stobbs
Proctor was convicted at Newcastle Police Court on 6 March 1922
for loitering at Heaton station. He was sentenced to three months
imprisonment.
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Roy Crooks
Private 1935 of the 2nd Battalion Australian Forces stole a
suitcase from Edinburgh Waverley station on 18 January 1918 and was
fined £7 or 30 days imprisonment.
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George Harbottle
alias Griffiths, McGregor, Crane, Adema, Priest, Perry,
Hastings and Beadle
A known pickpocket, he was sentenced to three months
imprisonment with hard labour for loitering at Bolton station on 4
March 1923.
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Thomas Drummond
On 7 December 1918 Drummond, an employee of the North British
Railway was sentenced to 20 days imprisonment for stealing 12
bottles of whisky from a wagon. |
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Adenan Zacarianoer
Zacarianoer, a native
of Java, was convicted of theft of three pairs of ladies shoes from
a train between Polmont and Haymarket Stations on 25 November 1922.
He was sentenced to 30 days imprisonment then deported. |
Margaret McConnell
While employed at Edinburgh Waverley station, she stole
parcels from an office and was fined £5 or 30 days
imprisonment. |
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Helen Nicholson
Nicholson was a
43-year-old charwoman with several previous convictions. On 28
February 1903 she received six months imprisonment for theft
of a parcel from the ladies waiting room at Edinburgh Waverley
station. |
Patrick Reilly
Reilly was convicted of cutting ladies skirts with a razor at
Edinburgh Waverley station on 28 February 1918. Being insane he was
sent to Morningside Asylum. |
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Edward Meitchie
A gardener from London,
Meitchie was sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard
labour for loitering at Derby station on 22 August 1922. |
Maurice Symonds
Symonds appeared at
Clerkenwell Magistrates on 19 July 1922 charged with theft of a
Gladstone Bag from St Pancras station and sentenced to
undergo six months imprisonment with hard labour. |
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Robert Lewis
Sentenced to one month with hard labour at Bristol
Magistrates for theft of a registered postal packet (has five
previous convictions for theft of coal from the railway).
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John Calvert
On 11 April 1922 Calvert appeared at Sheffield City Police Court
charged with theft of a parcel containing a pair of brass weighing
scales from Sheffield station. He received six months
imprisonment with hard labour. |
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Edward Lewis
alias Emlyn Lewis
In 1943 he was sentenced
to three months imprisonment at Newport Magistrates for theft
of luggage. |
Mitchell Steadman-Turner
This domestic
servant stole a Japanese basket from the waiting rooms at Waverley
station on 6 November 1920 and was sentenced to six months
imprisonment. |
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David James
In 1936 James was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment with hard
labour at Taunton Borough Magistrates for Travel Fraud. |
Jack Graham-Parker
This man was
Lieutenant in the RAF and was convicted of indecent exposure at
Edinburgh station on three days in March 1920. He was
sentenced to 60 days imprisonment |
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Frederick Amey
In 1942 Amey was sentenced to three months imprisonment at
Marylebone Magistrates for Travel Fraud. He had previous
convictions for larceny and assault on police. |
Benjamin Crowd alias
Cowd
Crowd lived at Victoria Mansions in Hull and had
22 previous convictions. On 19 August 1922 he was convicted of
stealing a gents watch from the SS Hittery berthed at King George
Dock, Hull. He was sentenced to three months hard labour.
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Solomon Cohen
alias John Harris, Charles Cowan and Sidney
Tolly
In 1939 Cohen was sentenced to six months imprisonment at Cardiff
Magistrates for pickpocketing. |
John Moir
On 1 April 1920 while employed
as a goods checker at Leith Walk Goods Yard he stole a quantity of
tea and was fined £3 or 10 days imprisonment. |