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34 photos and 1 illustration tagged illegal, from 4 members of Flickr Commons.

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2017

 

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Michael Lavery

  • HLM1992 said:
    LMAO no fear of the police here
  • MattysFlicks said:
    I restored this wonderful mugshot and made something cool out of it!
  • Dan Stiver said:
    Just look at that smug bastard

Peter Quinn

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  • SandyEm said:
    Cuts quite a tragic figure. I should imagine he was just eking out an existence. Great image though....
  • bolgwrad said:
    His older brother, surely: www.flickr.com/photos/twm_news/7789615492/in/set-72157631...
  • Roger Newbrook said:
    you have this photo in twice I think (www.flickr.com/photos/twm_news/7789622600/in/photostream/)
  • Seth Gaines said:
    Definitely a double posting. Are there any more you can scan in for us?
  • Colonel Blink said:
    I have tried to find a link on the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums site where they discuss the privacy issues behind publishing on the Internet photographs of alleged criminals but could not find it. What is the cut off date for such portraits?

James Boyd Potter

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  • ianpwatkinson said:
    its eraserhead !
  • MattysFlicks said:
    I retouched this photo and made it into something awesome!
  • Elizabeth said:
    "Fatty" Potter? How on earth would he have scored a nickname like that!
  • Brenda Anderson said:
    I found 9 newspaper stories (from 1926-1932) about this fellow. Here's one: A "CAT" MAN CAUGHT -- HID IN A LIFT SHAFT -- Newcastle. Monday. - Described as "a dangerous man who could climb any wall and get to any house window", James Boyd Potter was at Newcastle today sent to prison for three months for being on enclosed premises. Sergt. Robinson found the accused hiding in a lift shaft in buildings in Bath-lane. "It was a dark night," the accused pleaded, "and the doors were open. What could you expect me to do?" -Hull Daily Mail - Monday 11 October 1926
  • Brenda Anderson said:
    From a year earlier: APPEAL FOR ANOTHER CHANCE -- Man Who Did Not Pretend To Be an Angel. Pleading guilty at Newcastle to two charges of theft from warehouses in which goods valued at £50 15s 9d were involved, James Boyd Potter (25), of no fixed abode, against whom was a long list of previous convictions, appealed to the the Bench for another chance. "I don't want you to think I am an angel," he said. "I have a bad record, but I came out of prison four months ago, after a sentence of eighteen months, determined to do what was right. I had not a penny and could not get work. I am willing to do anything. I have had no assistance from the parish or the "dole." Give me another chance, and if I come back you can send me to prison for as long as you like. Prison has no effect on me." Mr. C.J. Dymond (chairman) said it was difficult to know what to do with a man with a record like accused. However, they decided not to send him for trial. He would have to go to prison for twelve months. "Twelve months! And I will come out without a penny!" exclaimed accused as he went below to the cells. Dundee Evening Telegraph - Friday 13 November 1925