Babs,
The Times, Friday, Jun 10, 1892; pg. 14; Issue 33661; col C shows that John Beckett, labourer, of Oswald-street, Lower Clapton, and Frederick Wirtz, labourer, of Clark-terrace, Glyn-road, Hackney, were charged together of breaking and entering the house of Mr Russell, in Ravensdale-road, Hackney, and stealing four coats worth about 7 pounds and 15 shillings in cash. A number of items which had been pawned by the accused were identified by witnesses at whose houses burglaries had occurred. They were committed on these charges and Wirtz on a further charge of stealing from another dwellings-house.
The Times, Friday, Jun 24, 1892; pg. 3; Issue 33673; col E
John Beckett, 18, and Frederick Wirtz, 23, were brought up for sentence, having been convincted yesterday - Beckett on one indicitment and Wirtz on two - of having recieved property, the proceeds of housebreaking in the Clapham area. Although their particpation in the actual housebreaking had not been proven, they were known to frequent Stannard's house (another man, aged 61, guilty for recieving stolen goods), and stolen property had been found in their possession shortly after it was stolen. Beckett got seven, Wirtz nine, and Stannard six months imprisonment with hard labour.