deception

9 photos tagged deception, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1905
2015

 

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Charles Nixon, bookmaker's clerk, arrested for false pretences

from North East Museums

  • optimal chicken said:
    I think he was a con man!
  • jamica1 said:
    Doesn't look as though he was starving and stole a loaf of bread
  • Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums said:
    [https://www.flickr.com/photos/flyeye] I've added the story behind the mugshot. Looks like you were right about him being a con man.
  • jamica1 said:
    Lol what do we think the odds would have been of the shopkeeper ever seeing his 4s again -- let alone any part of the 50 pounds.
  • optimal chicken said:
    Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums It's the raised eyebrow which gives it away. Even the recording of the photograph seems like a challenge to him!

Rolf Halversen, fireman, arrested for stealing money

from North East Museums

  • SAMUEL COLLAZO said:
    Fantastic!!!
  • Acoustic Bubble said:
    Wonderful portrait indeed!!

James George Chase, munitions worker, arrested for obtaining money by false pretences

from North East Museums

  • optimal chicken said:
    Ouch. £20 back then was a lot of money.
  • David Lovely said:
    quite the dandy, wasn't he? What a dapper villain!
  • jamica1 said:
    Wonderful piece of social history
  • Decembre said:
    Thank you for your post in : Portrait★Faces