imprisonment
41 photos and 1 illustration tagged imprisonment, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.
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The last upload was June 2016.
Mary A. Marr, arrested for stealing a sailor's bag from North East Museums uploaded June 2016
James McClarence alias Henry Noble, labourer, arrested for stealing clothes from North East Museums uploaded February 2016
James Waters alias Joseph Turnbull, arrested for housebreaking from North East Museums uploaded January 2016
James Lee from North East Museums uploaded September 2015
Joseph Tombling, arrested for obtaining money by false pretences from North East Museums uploaded September 2015
Michael Mulvaney, arrested for drunkenness and begging from North East Museums uploaded April 2015
Sarah Bankoff, arrested for stealing clothes from North East Museums uploaded April 2015
Percy Swallow, arrested for stealing a watch from North East Museums uploaded April 2015
James Boyd Potter from North East Museums uploaded August 2012
Sarah Patterson, arrested for trying to steal money from a gas meter from North East Museums uploaded January 2012
Catherine O Brien from North East Museums uploaded January 2012
Alice Caush from North East Museums uploaded January 2012
Lion behind bars from North East Museums uploaded December 2011
Freedom's Martyrs from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded July 2011
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Michael Mulvaney, arrested for drunkenness and begging
from North East Museums
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Paul said:
Superb!! Amazing image.
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optimal chicken said:
Haha a funny fella too. Folk hit hard times and addiction to 'numb' memories can set in. A shame really but he kept his humour.
James Boyd Potter
from North East Museums
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ianpwatkinson said:
its eraserhead !
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MattysFlicks said:
I retouched this photo and made it into something awesome!

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Elizabeth said:
"Fatty" Potter? How on earth would he have scored a nickname like that!
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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
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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