Special Photograph no 744. Valerie Lowe and Joseph Messenger were arrested in 1921 for breaking into an army warehouse and stealing boots and overcoats to the value of 29 pounds 3 shillings. The following year, when this photographwere taken, they were charged with breaking and entering a dwelling. Those charges were eventually dropped but they were arrested again later that year for stealing a saddle and bridle from Rosebery Racecourse. In 1923 Lowe was convictedof breaking into a house at Enfield and stealing money and jewellery to the value of 40 pounds. See also 'Mug shot of Joseph Messenger.'
Titled "Mug shot of Valerie Lowe, 15 February 1922, Central Police Station, Sydney."
Source: Sydney Living Museum (Justice & Police Museum).
