article_snippet: The motley crew,  including many women and children, were arrested on charges ranging from petty theft to murder and photographed before being hauled before the North Shields Police Court between 1902 and 1916.
article_snippet: Among the crooks on display are youngsters David Lloyd, 15, and George Burn, 14, who were arrested on 10 November 1902 for larceny, a form of theft.
article_snippet: Historians from the archive have been trying to find out more about the pictures and found a report in the Shields Daily News which said that the boys were charged with 'stealing on the 8th inst.
article_snippet: the Shields Daily News for 17 November 1902 then revealed that the boys pleaded guilty to the offences and the boys parents were bound over in the sum of £5 for the boys pleaded guilty to the offences and their parents good behaviour during the following 6 months.
article_snippet: Young offenders: David Lloyd, 15, left, and David Lloyd accomplice George Burn, 14,
article_snippet: right, were both convicted in November 1902 for stealing 'brushes and a box worth 3s' from a wash house, alongside David Lloyd accomplice George Burn, 14. the Shields Daily News
article_snippet: reported that the boys pleaded guilty to the offences and their parents the offences and their parents were bound over in the sum of £5 for the boys pleaded guilty to the offences and their parents good behaviour during the following 6 months .
highlights_snippet: the Tyne & Wear Archives feature crooks hauled before the North Shields Police Court between 1902 and 1916 .
  