Crime Collection (page 2)

Dick Turpin shoots fellow highwayman, Tom King Date: 1839

Winson Green Prison, Birmingham
The castle-like entrance to Winson Green Prison, Birmingham, built in 1849 as a local gaol for adult male offenders

Inkerman Barracks, Woking, Surrey
A view of the entrance to Inkerman Barracks, Woking, Surrey. The buildings were originally opened in 1860 as an invalid prison for convicts not fit enough to be sent to Dartmoor

Prison reformer Elizabeth Fry visits women at Newgate
Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) on a visit to Newgate Prison, London. In 1817, Fry and a group of like-minded, mostly Quaker, women formed the Ladies Association for the Reformation of the Female Prisoners

Girls room, Aylesbury Borstal, Buckinghamshire
A typical inmates room at the Aylesbury girls borstal, Buckinghamshire, established in 1909 as a youth prison for those aged 16 to 21

Skull and Crossbones - Inverted
The Jolly Roger is the name given to any of various flags flown to identify a ships crew as pirates. The flag most usually identified as the Jolly Roger today is the skull and crossbones

Skull and Crossbones
The Jolly Roger is the name given to any of various flags flown to identify a ships crew as pirates. The flag most usually identified as the Jolly Roger today is the skull and crossbones

Thuggee Chief 1843
Chief of the Thugs, captured by Captain Vallancey in Arcot disguised as a travellers escort

Last of the Charlies -- watchman at Brixton Hill, London
The last of the Charlies (the traditional nickname for watchmen). Seen here is Mr R Stokes at his watchmans box, 160 Brixton Hill, South London, well equipped with a truncheon

Princess Diana and Prince Charles visiting the Met Police
Princess Diana and Prince Charles on a visit to the Metropolitan Polices burglary squad. Date: circa 1980s

The highwayman
A highwayman, mounted on his horse, prepares to set off across the countryside in pursuit of his next victim. Date: 1880s

Crime / Resurrectionists
Robbing graveyards for corpses which will be sold to medical schools for purposes of anatomy

Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
A general view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison in West London. The prison was opened as a convict prison in 1883 then used as a local prison from 1890

Lambro the Pirate
Mr Dry in the role of Lambro the Pirate

Cover of Police Mag. 1933
Magazine cover showing a dangerous masked woman

Borgia Family / C16Th
Francesco Borgia, with Lucrezia, his mother

Highwaymen / Redington
Redingtons horses: famous highwaymen including: Tom King, Captain Hawk, Jack Sheppard, Claude Duval, Captain Macheath & Sixteen String Jack

C18th Highwaymen / Robbers
John Everett & Richmond Bird rob a coach on Hounslow Heath

Richard (Dick) Turpin
The daring highwayman who made a dash from London to York, riding his mare, Black Bess

Sussex Smugglers / C18Th
SUSSEX SMUGGLERS Daniel Cater chained in the Turff House at Old Mill s. John Cobby is kicking him and Benjamin Tapner is cutting him across the eyes and nose while he is saying the Lords Prayer

Main gateway, Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall
The imposing main gateway at Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall. The prison dates from 1779

Corridor and cell doors, Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall
The main corridor and cell doors at Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall

Sketches at the Crippen trial
The Most Sensational Trial for Many Years. Sketches in court at the trial of Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen, accused of (and later hanged for) the murder of his wife Cora

Scientist in Metropolitan Police laboratory
A scientist at work in a Metropolitan Police laboratory, during the early days of forensic science. Date: circa 1920s

Comedy Theatre, Panton Street, London
The Comedy Theatre (now the Harold Pinter Theatre) on the corner of Panton Street and Oxendon Street, in Londons West End. The Crime of Margaret Foley is playing. Date: 1947

Turpins Last Ride / Silk
Dick Turpins last ride to York and the death of his Bonnie Black Bess

The British Rough A criminal is restrained by the arm of the law

Police Reward Poster
Metropolitan Police reward poster for Peter Piatkow, aka Peter the Painter, who was accused of murdering police officers in London

Thuggee Poisoner 19th C
Notorious Indian thug poisoner

India / Terrorism / 1913
A religious fanatic attacks the Viceroy of India as he passes through Dehli on an elephant

Robbery in Paris Home
An audacious robbery: gold and jewellery worth 110, 000 francs are stolen from a Paris home. The robbers get in through a hole in the ceiling!

Sniffer Cats at Customs
At a London customs office, two cats on the payroll at 3d a day, to detect smuggled goods

Dr Crippen Arrested / 1910
Dr. Peter Hawley Harvey Crippen & his accomplice, Miss Le Neve, are arrested on board the Montrose

Bandit / Shot / France / 1891
Ex-con Boissin, resists arrest & is shot by the gendarmes

Cig. Card / Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin & Black Bess

English Smuggler
German portrayal of an English smuggler

Social / Country Club 20C
Arriving at a fashionable party in the garden of a modern-style house, doubtless the scene of a Christie crime

Jewelers Shop Raided
Two thieves break into a jewelers shop by making a hole in the ceiling, catching the debris in an umbrella, and using a ladder to get in and out

Pope and Son Poisoned
Pope Alexander VI(Rodrigo Borgia) and his son Cesare are allegedly poisoned while dining with Cardinal Corneto

Captain Roberts
BARTHOLOMEW ROBERTS Captain Roberts, the pirate with sword in hand and tricorn hat

Punishment of female debtors in Abyssinia (Ethiopia), East Africa - tied up with a chain until they pay their debts! Date: circa 1930s

A desperate character. A woman detective pupil at the Baker Street school for lady sleuths, run by Mr Kersey, in disguise as a man puts the finishing touches to her character in order to further a

RMS Lusitania - WW1 recruitment poster Remember the Lusitania, it is your duty to take up the Sword of Justice, enlist today'. 19 x 29 inches

Gordon Harker
Actor Gordon Harker (1885-1967) had a prolific film and stage career. Here he is being celebrated for his portrayal of Cockney characters. Date: circa 1932

Theatre poster, William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes

New Map Room at Scotland Yard
Marking a map with coloured flags in the new Map Room at Scotland Yard, 1947. Each flag represents a crime(yellow for housebreaking, red for burglary, green for murder)

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