Sidney Kelly, June 25, 1924. Villainies included shooting, assault and illegal baccarat. “Drives own motor car, dresses well.”
Sydney Skukerman, (alias Kukarman, alias Cecil Landan), September 25, 1924.
Kong Lee, November 27, 1922. A “safe blower and thief,” seen riding trains “in the company of card sharpers and spielers.”
William Stanley Moore, May 1, 1925. An opium dealer and peddler of fake cocaine. “Associates with water front thieves.”
From this fine collection of 1920s mugshots.
Most of them look like they're doing a fashion shoot.
Brilliant collection.
Posted by: Anna | June 21, 2011 at 08:42
Yes, there’s more than a hint of vogueing. And the wearing of oversized hats hadn’t yet been outlawed.
Posted by: David | June 21, 2011 at 08:50
William Stanley Moore ... “Associates with water front thieves.”
Oh, he's an MUA official then
Posted by: Ian | June 21, 2011 at 10:04
The early years of the Guild of Evil...?
Posted by: John D | June 21, 2011 at 12:26
The fourth one down at that link is interesting.
Three years is a long time to work something like that out.
Posted by: Frank | June 21, 2011 at 12:27
shortly after she announced to a relative that she had found out ‘something amazing about Harry’, Birkett disappeared.
Definitely the Guild of Evil.
Posted by: John D | June 21, 2011 at 12:33
I note that they were allowed to smoke in the watch-house.
We must have a healthier breed of psychopath nowadays.
Posted by: jones | June 21, 2011 at 13:02
Ah, the good old days, when thugs at least had a decent fashion sense and knew how to pull their pants up.
Posted by: Jason Bontrager | June 21, 2011 at 14:28
they are all clean shaven.
Posted by: SpencerDavid | June 21, 2011 at 17:08
#20 "This man refused to open his eyes". :)
Posted by: newbie | June 21, 2011 at 17:40
I like Sid's balancing act with his hat. You can see his eyes craning upwards,
"Christ, I hope this doesn't topple off mid-shot..."
Posted by: BenSix | June 21, 2011 at 23:06
Number 06 Joseph Messenger Found guilty on all counts of non-possession of a tie, cravat, kerchief or any viable form of neck fastening. The Director of Public Prosecutions recommended that charges of wearing an unbuttoned waistcoat be dropped on a legal technicality, in that the investigating officer inserted the wrong date on the arrest form. The jury accepted his explanation that he did not have a hat on the grounds that it had been blown into Sydney Harbour by a pantechnicon which passed him at high speed, and acquitted him on those charges. Summing up, the Judge warned Messenger that if he continued to make a habit of not properly buttoning his spats, he must expect a long period of penal servitude at his next appearance before the Bench.
Posted by: Martin Adamson | June 22, 2011 at 16:45
SpencerDavid: they are all clean shaven.
Not quite: #18, E J Montague, has a little mustache, and #5, Ah Low, has some chin-whiskers.
Posted by: Rich Rostrom | June 22, 2011 at 19:23
'Three years is a long time to work something like that out'.
Remember the case of Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu.
Posted by: sackcloth and ashes | September 23, 2011 at 14:15