Good people

[Jonathon Green]

Prior to WW2:

1896 Henry Blossom _Checkers_ 117: Just to show the girl that he was 'good
people,' and teach her to have a proper respect for him.

1897 Alfred Henry Lewis _Wolfville_ 28: Her face makes you feel she’s good
people though, with her big soft eyes

[1910 J. Sullivan ‘Criminal Slang’ in _American Law Review_ LII (1918)
891: A ‘good fellow’ is a thief, man or woman, who pays his bills]

1926 Jack Black _You Can’t Win_ 93: This party [...] is one of the Johnson
family. [...] He’s good people and I want to get him fixed up for a cell
with the right folks

Jonathon Green