Donald Kane, arrested for stealing from a schooner, North Shields, UK, 1904 (b/w photo)

Name: Donald Kane Arrested for: Larceny Arrested at: North Shields Police Station Arrested on: 22 October 1904 The Shields Daily Gazette for 24 October 1904 reports: “THEFT FROM A SCHOONER. SEAMAN SENT TO PRISON At North Shields, Donald Kane, seaman, Dumbarton, was charged with having stolen between 21st and 22nd inst. clothing and other articles from the schooner Agnes lying in the Albert Edward Dock. The first charge was that of stealing a jacket, vest and pocket book, value £2, the property of W.E. Coulthorpe, the master of the vessel. The second was of stealing a jacket and a Naval Reserve book, value 10s, the property of James Stewart, able seaman and the third charge was of stealing a pair of boots, value 5s 11d, the property of Chas. Henry Briscoe. Prisoners brought before the North Shields Police Court between 1902 and 1916.