May 7, 2015

The French Larcenist

By C.E. Ryan

Mugshot. Private Collection.

1927 Mugshot. Private Collection.

This Frenchman got caught for ‘larceny by truck’ in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was a salesman who -if I understand this right- tried to flee by truck without giving back the change on a transaction? If so I hope it was an amount significant enough to risk the trouble of getting caught. And they took his mugshot with his hat still on!

Back of mugshot

Back of mugshot

Name: Thomas E. Marsh

Crime: Larceny by truck (short change)

Age: 28 Height: 5 ft. 6 3/4 in. Weight: 133 lbs

Hair: Light Brown Eyes: Light Blue Build: Slender

Complexion: Light. Mustache: — (don’t you love it that ‘mustache’ is an actual option?)

Born: France Nationality: French Occupation: Salesman

Arrested: 1-13-27 Officer: […] Davis

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 7th, 2015 at 8:39 pm and tagged with 1920s, larceny, Pennsylvania, Scranton and posted in Bad Boys. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

2 responses to “The French Larcenist”

Photobooth Journal
June 18th, 2015 at 5:35 pm

Great one! Love the hat!

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- bowlersandhighcollars
  June 18th, 2015 at 5:38 pm
  
  I know right! Who today gets their mugshot taken with their hat on? I guess hats were so common they were part of your identity.
  
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