Men Wanted for Counterfeiting

From: Guard room occurrence book: 19 Aug 1901 ...

Description of three men wanted for issuing counterfeit coins.

Date of creation

29th October 1901

Reference number

HPF/B/98/026/4

People involved in incident

Frank Ryan (Forger), 34 Fuller Street, Bethnal Green Road, London.
Edward Samson (Forger), 73 Bacon Street, Bethnal Green Road, London.
Joseph Parry (Forger), 103 Cambridge Road, London

Transcript

Remand in custody at Hoddesdon for uttering [issuing] counterfeit coins, 3 men:

1^st – Frank Ryan, age 27, 5ft 3ins, eyes grey, complexion fair, hair light brown. Place of birth Gosport. Last residence 34 Fuller Street, Bethnal Green Road, London. Trade – painter, marks – tattoo flower left forearm, 3 dots right forearm, 2 scars right side forehead, 1 scar left side of forehead.
2^nd – Edward Samson, age 22, 5ft 5½ins, eyes dark brown, complexion sallow, hair dark brown & moustache. Place of birth Hoxton, London. Last residence73 Bacon Street, Bethnal Green Road, London. A wood turner. Tattoo marks, rings on 2 centre fingers, 3 round marks back left hand, bracelet left wrist, J.S. and S.J. and dot left forearm, 5 dots & J outside & small crown inside right forearm, abscess scar left side of neck.
3^rd – Joseph Parry, age 41, 5ft 9ins, eyes brown, complexion pale, hair dark brown and slight moustache. Last residence 103 Cambridge Road, London. Trade Carman contractor & cycle maker. Marks – scar on centre of back.