The Bad Girls of New Castle

Child mugshots of the 1800s were like a depressing episode of The Little Rascals

During the Victorian era, kids as young as eleven received adult sentences for minor crimes. Here's an assortment of children's mugshots taken in Newcastle, England during the early 1870s.

 from the Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums'
Life in Newcastle in the 1800's

Ann Burns 18 convicted of stealing a waistcoat sentenced to 1 month

Jane Farrell, 12, convicted of stealing 2 boots, sentenced to do 10 hard days labour












Mary Catherine Docherty 14 convicted of stealing iron sentenced to 7 days hard labour

Isabella Smith 60 convicted of stealing poultry sentenced to 6 weeks

"Pep, The Cat-Murdering Dog" was a black Labrador Retriever admitted to Eastern State Penitentiary on August 12, 1924. Prison folklore tells us that Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot used his executive powers to sentence Pep to Life Without Parole for killing his wife's cherished cat. Prison records support this story: Pep's inmate number (C-2559) is skipped in prison intake logs and inmate records.





1871-1873

Victorian morality and Women in the Victorian era

Beginning in the late 1840s, major news organizations, clergymen and single women became increasingly concerned about prostitution, which came to be known as "The Great Social Evil." Although estimates of the number of prostitutes in London by the 1850s vary widely (in his landmark study, Prostitution, William Acton reported that the police estimated there were 8,600 in London alone in 1857), it is enough to say that the number of women working the streets became increasingly difficult to ignore. When the United Kingdom Census 1851socio-economic one. The 1851 census showed that the population of Great Britain was roughly 18 million; this meant that roughly 750,000 women would remain unmarried simply because there were not enough men. These women came to be referred to as "superfluous women" or "redundant women," and many essays were published discussing what, precisely, ought to be done with them.


2012: Not all of the bad, bad lawless fiends of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties have received their appropriate scold or just deserves.  Stay alert and a vigilant citizen.  Meth Heads and chronic frauds are still out there. 

There are more "axles to grind."  A well concealed thriving criminal element with connections to the DMV can produce or alter paperwork that is very convincing.  
August 14, 2012  Auto Theft case  By Roger the scanner guy