Victorian Mugshots: Joseph Martin

We have been looking at vintage mugshots recently discovered in the archives of the West Midlands Police Department, including the oldest mugshot in British history.  This is a strangely captivating picture of Joseph Martin from August 5, 1862.

Joseph has a certain toughness and resolution to his image, but his actual crime is lost to history.  Somehow I do not think it was stealing doorbells.