Pearl McFadden may have been supporting herself by working as a prostitute. Many sex workers were charged with vagrancy and having insufficient means of support, as it was a relatively easy charge to prove. McFadden was sentenced to sixmonths with hard labour. DOB: 1910.
Titled "Pearl McFadden, criminal record number 742LB, 31 October 1928. State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay."
Source: Sydney Living Museum (Justice & Police Museum).
