samedi 21 septembre 2013

Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past

Guilty of selling opium and fake cocaine.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
When ‘Harry Leon Crawford’, hotel cleaner of Stanmore was arrested and charged with wife murder he was revealed to be in fact Eugeni Falleni, a woman and mother, who had been passing as a man since 1899. In 1914, as ‘Harry Crawford’, Falleni had married the widow Annie Birkett. Three years later, shortly after she announced to a relative that she had found out ‘something amazing about Harry’, Birkett disappeared.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Guilty of breaking into an army warehouse and stealing boots and overcoats to the value of 29 pounds 3 shillings.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Theft.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
An entry in the Supplement to the NSW Police Gazette Sydney for Skukerman, (alias Kukarman, alias Cecil Landan) is captioned ‘obtains goods from warehousemen by falsely representing that he is in business’.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
A safebreaker.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Kong Lee makes numerous appearances in the NSW Police Gazette as a ‘safe blower’ and ‘thief’, and is noted in the issue of February 1929 as having recently been seen riding trains ‘in the company of card sharpers and spielers’.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
A con man who sells suburban building blocks at grossly inflated prices, by falsely leading the buyers to believe the lots may be promptly resold for a huge profit.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Convicted in October 1924 of making counterfeit coins, and of having a coining instrument (ie a mould) in his possession, for which he was sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labour.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Theft.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Con man.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Illegal gambling.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Robbery under arms.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Sneak thief.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Stealing goods in custody, indecent langauge, stealing, receiving and throwing a missile.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Bigamy and theft.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Bootlegging.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Prostitution.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Theft of a fur coat.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Theft.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Convicted of murder. Mrs Dorothy Mort was having an affair with dashing young doctor Claude Tozer. On 21 December 1920 Tozer visited her home with the intention of breaking off the relationship. Mort shot him dead before attempting to commit suicide.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Backyard abortionist who also dabbled in theft and fencing stolen goods.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Prostitution.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Emily Hemsworth killed her three-week-old son but could not remember any details of the murder. She was found not guilty due to insanity.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
GBH (Grievous bodily harm).
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Prostitution.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Theft of an umbrella.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Illegal abortion.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Brothel madam.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Bigamy.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
Cocaine possession.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past
She had multiple convictions for drunkenness, vagrancy and petty theft. Her head was probably shaved upon her entry to prison to eradicate head lice.
Mugshots from the 1920s Offer an Insightful Look at Criminals from the Past


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