May Smith, alias 'Botany May', was an infamous drug dealer. She once chased policewoman Lillian Armfield with a red-hot iron to avoid arrest. Smith was sentenced to 10 months with hard labour. DOB: 1880.
Titled "May Smith, criminal record number 755LB, 8 April 1929, State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay, NSW"
Source: Sydney Living Museum (Justice & Police Museum).
