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.

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.

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

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