Thomas Maria, Arthur Wyatt, and Patrick Dangar (alias Brosnan), c. 1920. The gallery was packed with friends of the accused, who loudly jeered the prosecution and police witnesses. 324 0 obj [24] Kate Leigh was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment on 7 September 1942 for having sold liquor without a licence at 13 Pearl Street and 2 Lansdowne Street, Surry Hills. endobj NOTE: Only lines in the current paragraph are shown. 'She is tougher than most men, can punch, bite and gouge with the fierce courage of an animal,' the magazine wrote. None of the names appears in the Police Gazette except for Dangar, which turns out to be an alias for Owen Patrick Brosnan, (also known as Brosnahan, or Brosner), a false pretender and suspected person. endobj Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 'She is tougher than most men, can punch, bite and gouge with the fierce courage of an animal,' the magazine wrote. The world would be a better place for it, for feminism is a movement about justice. <>]/P 500 0 R/Pg 493 0 R/S/Link>> 341 0 obj Kate Leigh, pictured at her 2 Landsdowne Street,Surry Hills house with her second husband, sly grog dealer Teddy Barry dressed as Santa Claus for one of their generous Christmas gift givings, The walls of Kate Leigh's old house have been adorned with graffiti for many years now, Real estate agents say the house is ready for a complete renovation and is an opportunity for someone to tunr the old sly grog shop into a stunning property. By Brianne Tolj and Candace Sutton for Daily Mail Australia, Published: 22:24 EDT, 14 November 2015 | Updated: 03:35 EDT, 15 November 2015. 215 0 obj Kate Leigh Timeline March 10th, 1881 - Kathleen Mary Josephine Beahan was born into a large Irish-Australian Catholic family in Dubbo, New South Wales. Emma Rolfe better known as May Mulholland, also goes by the names Sybil White, Jean Harris and Eileen Mulholland, had numerous convictions in the period 1919-1920 for theft of jewellery and clothing from various houses around Kensington and Randwick, and from city shops. endobj 9. The subjects are not named, but the woman on the left is believed to be Eileen Leigh or Barry (daughter of Kate Leigh). Kate Leigh was imprisoned for five years for perjury and had to place her daughter, Eileen, in a convent while she served her time.12 When Kate Leigh was released from prison in 1919, she set about running her own business through the sly-grog trade. The article described Leigh - then aged 63 - as 'stooped, fat and blowsy'but with 'little piercing eyes' which 'indicate her tremendous vitality'. Spencer Cornford, 19, was one of a group of seven young men (see also Sidney Langby) convicted in early 1925 of a series of break and enters. Wounded Man's Death", "Underworld Feud. She was beloved for her acts of charity, including providing bail for first offenders to keep them from lives of crime, and hosting annual Christmas parties for the Surry Hills children. In 1955 the NSW government changed the law to allow legal hotels to serve alcohol until 10 P.M., an act that virtually killed off the Sydney sly-grog trade and put purveyors such as Leigh out of business. The man on the far right in the back row may be Stephen Doyle, and the man to the left of him Kenneth McLelland (or McCrerrand). Mrs Kathleen Mary Josephine "Kate" Beahan Leigh Birth 10 Mar 1881 Dubbo, Dubbo Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia Death 4 Feb 1964 (aged 82) Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Burial Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park Matraville, Randwick City, New South Wales, Australia Show Map Plot endobj 420 0 obj Such a nice, agreeable dame! By This, despite the empire she built running a string of sly-grog shops the biggest boost to her fortune coming, of course, from the state governments imposition of the dumbcluck six oclock closing time for pubs, which created the six oclock swill. <>]/P 572 0 R/Pg 565 0 R/S/Link>> The subjects are not named, but the woman on the left is believed to be Eileen Leigh, daughter of Kate Leigh. She anglicised her name to Lee and by 1922 she was married to sly grog dealer Teddy Barry. 458 0 obj 197 0 obj [citation needed] The two women physically fought one another on numerous occasions and their respective gangs conducted pitched battles in Eaton Avenue and Kellet Street, King's Cross in May and August 1929. 'She plays a dominating part in the tragedy which is spelt D-O-P-E. She meets young women in cafes and hotel lounges, and she ingratiates herself with them. 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About Kate Leigh: Australian crime entrepreneur (1881 - 1964 Another view of thre makeshift kitchen inside 212 Devonshire Street Surry Hills, the Sydney property that was a sly grog shop and drug den in the 1940s, Bitter lifelong rivals Kate Leigh (above, left) and brothel madam Tilly Devine (above right) made up in later years when the two crime queens were nearing the end of their careers, Kate Leigh was living in 212 Devonshire Street, Surry Hils (pictured from the 1950s right up until her death from a stroke in 1964, when she was 82 years old.
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