Alice Sandford, criminal record number 661LB, 7 August 1925. State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay. - from our story 'Villains In Furs: Incredible Mugshots of Female Prisoners in the Early 20th Century'

Mug Shots of Australian women prisoners 1920s

Many women, like Alice Sandford, capitalised on laws restricting the sale of alcohol after 6pm by setting up Ôsly-grog shopsÕ: premises in which alcohol was sold illegally at exorbitant prices. The details of SandfordÕs conviction have been lost. Charged with: selling liquor without a license. DOB: 1889. From: England. Occupation: domestic duties.

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