Rogues' gallery
Take a step back in time and meet some notorious transport criminals of the past by looking through our rogues' gallery.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Margaret McConnell
While employed at Edinburgh Waverley station, she stole parcels from an office and was fined £5 or 30 days imprisonment.
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.
John Yates alias John Hewitt, Patrick Hines, John Miller and John Roy
He appeared before Leeds City Police Court on 18 March 1921 charged with theft of a parcel of clothing. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour.
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.
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.
