I am not in favour of giving a rating out of ten to old short films. I would rather prefer a quick review. There were no big production houses then, a group of few people with limited access to equipment were exprimenting in movies. Keystones has made a lot of such films in a short period of time. No need to mention, most of them don't look good in 21st century. Add A Thief Catcher to this list.
It just stinks. I don't need to say any further. It's just 8 minutes long and is available on YouTube, most probably under public domain.