An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.

A framed clerk is freed in time to save his daughter from being murdered for her inheritance.

'An unemployed labourer is driven to burglary when he is unable to find work.' (British Film Institute)

A crofter's daughter has a child by an outlaw and is condemned to death when it is stolen by a midwife's mad daughter.