Clara Randall, criminal record number 609LB, 12 November 1923. State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay, NSW. - from our story 'Villains In Furs: Incredible Mugshots of Female Prisoners in the Early 20th Century'

Mug Shots of Australian women prisoners 1920s

Clara Randall worked as a travelling saleswoman for a jewellery company. She reported to police that her Bondi flat had been broken into and a quantity of jewellery stolen. It was later discovered she had pawned the jewellery for cash. A career criminal, Randall was sentenced to 18 months with light labour. Charged with: uttering, fraudulently converting to her own use jewellery and larceny as a bailee. Aliases: Annie Stewart, Ellen Brunt, Harriet Stewart, Ellen Blunt, Annie Randall, Annie Randal and Grace Gibson. DOB: 1884. From: England. Occupation: domestic duties.

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