Charles Morgan

Charles George Morgan (1902-1972) was an English police officer working for Surrey Police, he was the older brother of Stokes United football player Tommy Robbins and convicted career criminal Rodney Morgan, on April 8 1945, he cancelled the match between Stokes United and Stokes City, after the death of his brother, in 1963, he committed accessory, when he refused to tell the police about his brother's whereabouts, as he was wanted for the robbery of a Halifax Bank in South London, which he committed in 1963. After the death of his brother, Morgan publicly said "my brother Rod, has now passed on." and was arrested for harbouring a criminal, which is an offence under the Accessories and Abettors Act 1861.

Early life
Morgan was born at Prince Albert's Hospital, in Stokes, East Surrey, the eldest child of Rodger Morgan (1877-1947) and Matilda Morgan (née Robbins; 1884-1962), he was named after both his grandfathers. He had three younger siblings Walter, Rodney and Shirley.

At the age of 21, he joined the Surrey Police force due to his maternal grandfather George Robbins, who was a police officer for over fifty years, before his retirement in 1920.

Career
Morgan's career with the police stretched over 40 years, he joined the Surrey Police force in 1923 and retired in 1962. He had made over 300 arrests and was responsible for putting most of them in prison.

Later life
Morgan retired in 1962, at the age of 60, and went on to harbour his brother Rodney Morgan, who was wanted in connection with the robbery at Halifax Bank in South London, he knowingly hid his brother for two years, before his brother's death in 1965, after which Morgan made a public speech, telling the residents of Stokes, that his brother was now deceased, he was arrested for being an accessory to harbouring his brother and was sentenced to ten years at Wandsworth Prison, in South London, where in 1972, he died in his cell.