Dressed in their finest suits and ties with their top hats cocked towards the camera, these men and women seem to be posing for expensive portraits.
But behind their tidy appearances are guilty eyes that hide some of the most sinister crimes policeman of the day had dealt with.
For these are mugshots of Australian convicts who were dealt with by police for chilling murders, robberies burglaries and other crimes in the 1920s and 1930s.
The vintage police slides have been released by the New South Wales Police Department as part of an exhibition at The Sydney Justice & Police Museum.
They are a fascinating insight into the crimes that were being committed at the time and the characters of the accused
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