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4. Thomas Craig, Raymond Neil, William Thompson, and FW Wilson

This rag-tag group of gangsters look like they came out of Boardwalk Empire. Even their female colleagues look like they are hiding bootleg moonshine in their bags.

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Their arrest story sounds like an T.V. show. Neil went by the street name, “Gaffney the Gunman”. In 1928 Australia, the police performed a raid on a local house. They arrested 15 people. Some people were actually charged with “living in a house with reputed thieves”. It gives the phrase, “guilty by association” a whole new meaning.

While in the courtroom, the prosecutor claim that the police were outnumbered by a large group of dangerous felons. The defense packed the courtroom with friends and known criminals. They openly mocked the prosecution. It wasn’t enough, however. The men pictured above were convicted.