Title: Patsy Neill (Niell), Special Photograph number D96, 12 August 1929, probably Central Police Station, Sydney Creator: New South Wales. Police Dept. Date: 1929 Format: Glass plate negative: b&w; 4.75 x 6.5 Subject: Central Police Station (Sydney, N.S.W.) bentwood chairs women's clothing & accessories police detainees and suspects mug shots Description: 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 to prostitutes 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_016 Long Bay, 781LB.
