Filed with "Jerry" (really Thomas Edward) Copley's WW1 Service Records (WO 363):

Police Constable David LAWSON's statement (typed) and signature - he was the arresting officer. Based at WESTGATE Police Station, Newcastle on Tyne. July 1916.

May be of interest as a signature sample, or simply to place your man.

Anc****y, COP, page 6056