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| Title: |
Dorothy Mort, criminal record number 518LB, 18 April 1921. State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay, NSW
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| Creator: |
New South Wales. Dept. of Prisons
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| Date: |
18 April 1921
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[Photograph] Glass plate negative: b&w; 4.75 x 6.5
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Emulsion side: 518.L.B 1/1 U/U 00/00 9, D.MORT. 18.4.21
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State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay
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| Subject: |
police detainees and suspects
mug shots
prisoners
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| Description: |
Convicted of murder. Mrs Dorothy Mort was having an affair with dashing young doctor Claude Tozer. On 21 December 1920 Tozer visited her home with the intention of breaking off the relationship. Mort shot him dead before attempting to commit suicide. Aged 32. Part of an archive of forensic photography created by the NSW Police between 1912 and 1964.
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| Published in: |
Nerida Campbell Femme fatale : the female criminal Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 2008. pp 108
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| Source: |
Justice & Police Museum ; FP07_0216_003
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| Rights: |
Justice & Police Museum
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Record no:
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35363
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