Patsy Neill was caught during a raid on an East Sydney drug dealer's flat with a packet of cocaine rolled up in her stocking. In court police said that Neill was a runner, who delivered five-shilling 'sniffs' of cocaine toprostitutes in the area. She was convicted and fined 250 (over $16,000 now). She resurfaced a couple of years later, when she took out an apprehended violence order against Kate Leigh, to whom she owed 2. See also FP07_0234_016Long Bay, 781LB.
Titled "Patsy Neill (Niell), Special Photograph number D96, 12 August 1929, probably Central Police Station, Sydney."
Source: Sydney Living Museum (Justice & Police Museum).
