Snapshot: The crimes are documented in an ancient police ledger that was saved from a skip in Derby 40 years ago
Swathed in black in her police photographs, Alice Wheeldon’s eyes have a glint of steely determination. Three chilling words record her offence – conspiracy to murder.
Arrested between 1890 and 1920, many of the people whose faces stare out sadly from the book were accused of petty offences like stealing a bag of soot or using bad language. ‘The station was clearing out some garages and storerooms at an old police station on St Mary’s Gate in Derby. My father rescued it from being thrown into the skip. He thought it was too interesting to end up in landfill.’
Alice’s daughter Winnie was just 23 when she too was convicted of conspiracy to murder. Sentenced to five years in prison, she was only released in January 1919 – less than a month before her mother died. A note in the police ledger explains she was discharged by order of the Secretary of State Hansons Auctioneers’ works on paper specialist Jim Spencer holds the historic police ledger. Reflecting on the individuals pictured inside, he said: ‘I’m sure many people will say it reminds them of TV’s Peaky Blinders, and I guess some criminals do have the appearance of a baddie in a Laurel and Hardy film, but most seem pitifully trapped by their circumstances.’
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