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Isaac Ellery, the man pictured in Britain’s first recorded police mugshot, was a thief banished to Australia for stealing “gig” cushions in 1853. His mugshot is among a collection unearthed in West Midlands Police archives.
Isaac Ellery, the man pictured in Britain’s first recorded police mugshot, was a thief banished to Australia for stealing “gig” cushions in 1853. His mugshot is among a collection unearthed in West Midlands Police archives.