Convicted of conspiracy to procure an abortion. Lillian Boland worked as a secretary for an illegal abortionist who operated out of a dentist's surgery on Oxford Street, Paddington. Boland protested her innocence and ignorance of the 'doctor's'work; however, the court decided she must have had detailed knowledge of the business and handed her a suspended sentence of 12 months hard labour.
Titled "Lillian May Southwell Boland, criminal record number 553LB, 28 September 1922. State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay, NSW."
Source: Sydney Living Museum (Justice & Police Museum).
