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Tony B

Tony B

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I was reading in a national newspaper the other day about how some one found a 100 year old constabulary arrest book in a skip in Derby...
They showed a few mugshots of criminals in the day , but one stood out straight away has he was wearing a first world war uniform...
And to my surprise he was from Hockley in Brum.. His name was Thomas Donald....
His previous convictions on his record was very diverse and20221005_174729.jpg20221005_174729.jpg Interesting and also his sentences was quite detailed....
I say no more , but i will download the records for a interesting read....
 

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The 5 years he got for the last offence didn't make him change his ways. In the newspaper in 1923 for forged notes and numerous times after.
 
MWS said:
The 5 years he got for the last offence didn't make him change his ways. In the newspaper in 1923 for forged notes and numerous times after.
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Hi...
Yes.... MWS you are correct... on a closer look there is small c before his surname ...
So his name is M c Donald....
 
As he's in uniform, was he in the Army in WW1?
38 seems quite old to be a soldier then - maybe I'm wrong about that?
 
A Sparks said:
As he's in uniform, was he in the Army in WW1?
38 seems quite old to be a soldier then - maybe I'm wrong about that?
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Well , reading of his time in prison he has missed most of WW1.
McDonald has convictions in Derby and Sheffield , maybe he was a vagrant with no abode....
 
He also appears to be listed as Macdonald and McDonough (in newspaper reports).
 
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