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Joseph Leslie 'Squizzy' Taylor was many things to many people: a kind and caring husband, father and stepfather, a reliable son and brother, a generous and considerate neighbour and patron. He was also a criminal willing to consider any type of crime, provided it supported his lifestyle and his ego.
Squizzy graduated from teenage pickpocket to adult murderer, from organising smash-and-grab raids on jewellers to corrupting juries and suborning witnesses. And he was nothing if not newsworthy. Whether appearing at the opening night of a new show at the top end of Bourke Street or climbing the steps en route to an appearance in the Supreme Court, Squizzy was news.
For more than a decade, Victoria's best detectives were unable to pin any one of a dozen major crimes he organised on him. Yet he met his match when street punk turned gunman Snowy Cutmore turned up in a darkened bedroom in a boarding house in Carlton.
In this first detailed biography of arguably Australia's most well-known standover man, Ian W. Shaw traces the life of the criminal who set the trend in city gangster life in Australia.
Title: The Dark Prince Of Melbourne
Format: Paperback Book
Release Date: 25 Nov 2025
Type: Ian W. Shaw
Sku: 3423016
Catalogue No: 9780733344299
Category: True Crime
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