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Victorian Felons: Catherine Legg

4D289E4700000578-5834259-image-a-139_1528814757734We continue our posting of Victorian mugshots from West Midlands with some of the earliest such police photos ever taken.  Today’s suspect is Catherine Legg, who was arrested in May 1858 at a fair in Dudley, West Midlands.

The picture has an intensive, even haunting, element to it.  She seems quite young and you have to wonder was is on her mind.  An arrest at a fair could be pickpocketing or solicitation as common offenses of the period but no record exists of the charge.

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