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lying under oath to protect her husband; her conviction was overturned on appeal. The marriage broke up soon after the trial, though they were not divorced until 1921. Kate anglicised her part-Asian surname from Lee to Leigh, and she was mostly known by that name for the rest of her life, regardless of future marriages. Kate's daughter Eileen also used the name 'Leigh' until she married in 1920.
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clothes and diamonds, her wealth was legendary. When appearing in court, Kate would wear diamond rings on every finger of both hands. During her heyday, Kate Leigh owned and operated more than thirty different sly grog hotels at different locations in inner Sydney that generated thousands of pounds in profit annually.
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as £7130. In 1955 the NSW government changed the law to allow legal hotels to serve alcohol until 10 pm, an act that virtually killed off the Sydney sly-grog trade and put purveyors such as Leigh out of business. Leigh was famously quoted in the Australian media as stating "The bloom has gone off the grog".
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sent her into bankruptcy in 1954 for unpaid income tax and fines dating back to 1942. Leigh's Statement of Affairs was given at a Bankruptcy Court hearing in Sydney on 30 September 1954 as "Assets of £1960 consisting of furniture and three properties in Devonshire Street". Her Liabilities were shown
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Through alleged personal connections throughout officialdom, she continued business throughout the 1930s and 40s despite frequent police raids and a mass of minor convictions. She was charged on 107 occasions and was sent to prison on 13 occasions. Appearing in courtrooms with flamboyantly expensive
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home she became an organised crime entrepreneur, charging excessive prices for a full range of illicit goods and services, including after-hours drinking venues, sly-grog, prostitution, illegal betting, gambling and, from the mid-1920s, cocaine trafficking. Leigh obtained loyalty and protection from
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on 19 February 1938. The house was raided by undercover police on 4 March 1938 resulting in 48 bottles and 4 kegs of beer being confiscated. Three months later a police witness at Sydney Licensing Court stated that the premises at 2 Lansdowne Street, Surry Hills was "a notorious sly grog shop – The
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At the time of her death, aged 82, Kate Leigh was living in virtual poverty in a small room above one of her old illegal hotels at 212 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills and was financially dependent on her nephew, William John Beahan, who ran a mixed business in the shop in the downstairs part of the
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in May and August 1929. In 1936, newly appointed Sydney Police Commissioner MacKay warned them both to tone down the violence or else risk serious imprisonment. The NSW Police also intensively policed incoming vessels for overseas cocaine suppliers in 1938–39, but it was naval transit restrictions
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to a Chinese father and an Australian born mother, and became an illegal bookmaker and petty criminal. They separated in 1905 when Lee was imprisoned for assault and robbery. Following his trial, Kate Leigh was convicted of perjury and for being an accomplice to the assault, after being accused of
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Leigh was also personally involved in violence, though she was never convicted of any such offense. On 27 March 1930, she shot and killed John William "Snowy" Prendergast when he and other gangsters broke into her home at 104 Riley Street, East Sydney. She was not indicted for the killing, or for
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it criminalised. Leigh derived her supplies from a corrupt network of doctors, dentists, chemists, and sailors, and amassed considerable wealth from the activity. These activities—the defense of these business turfs—and ongoing feuds with rival organised crime leaders in NSW led Leigh to be a
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During the late 1920s Kate lived with Walter "Wally" Tomlinson (or Thomlinson) (c.1899–1968), whom she had employed as one of her bodyguards. He was charged in 1916, at age 16, with Shooting At, With Intent To Murder and had a reputation as a tough standover criminal by the late 1920s. That
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parents Timothy Beahan, a boot-maker, and his wife Charlotte (née Smith). Her childhood and teenaged years included childhood neglect, time in a girls' home at age 12, and an out-of-wedlock pregnancy; her daughter Eileen May Beahan was born in 1900.
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She lived in a terrace house at 2 Lansdowne Street, Surry Hills from 1933 until the house was demolished in 1950. This house was also used by Leigh as her main illegal hotel or Sly-grog shop during this time and was known in Sydney as the
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dealer and small-time criminal. The marriage only lasted for a few years, after which she reverted to using her previous surname of 'Leigh'. Though long separated, he died in Kate's home at 2 Lansdowne Street,
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a male network of gangsters, but often had to protect them and was adept with a rifle. Rival gangs eroded her profits from cocaine by standing over and slashing decoys (often working prostitutes) with razors.
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Continuing to live at Surry Hills, she suffered a severe stroke on 31 January 1964 at her residence at 212 Devonshire Street and was rushed to hospital. She died on 4 February 1964 at
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in Sydney". Kate Leigh was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment on 7 September 1942 for having sold liquor without a licence at 13 Pearl Street and 2 Lansdowne Street, Surry Hills.
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However, Leigh was imprisoned on drug-related charges. In July 1930, Leigh's house at 104 Riley Street was raided by a NSW drug squad, including Sydney's most famous policewoman,
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in Darlinghurst, and her funeral was held on 7 February at St Peter's Catholic Church in Devonshire Street, Surry Hills and was attended by over 700 mourners. She was buried in
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that lasted 20 years. The two women physically fought one another on numerous occasions and their respective gangs conducted pitched battles in Eaton Avenue and Kellet Street,
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wars—ended with Tomlinson's departure, and Leigh then pursued a de facto relationship from 1932 to 1949 with her business partner, Henry 'Jack' Baker (1897–1965).
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Kate married for the second time on 26 September 1922, to a Western Australian-born musician Edward Joseph 'Teddy' Barry (1892–1948), a
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relationship—which featured prominently in an Australian television drama on Leigh's role in the
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Thomlinson, Walter (18 February 1916). "A Shooting Case. Quarter Sessions before Judge Murray".
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anthology series, it screened between 21 August 2011 until 16 November. Leigh was portrayed by
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premises. She resided at 212 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills from 1951 until her death in 1964.
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Leigh married James Ernest (Jack) Lee (or Leigh) (1882–1959) on 2 May 1902. Lee was born in
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Leigh was undoubtedly one of Sydney's wealthiest women during the 1930s and 1940s but the
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in NSW by providing lucrative illicit criminal distribution networks for the high-demand
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Leigh was found in possession of cocaine and was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment.
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wars. She was known for her continuing feud with fellow vice-regal underworld figure
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shooting Joseph McNamara nearby in Liverpool St, Darlinghurst on 9 December 1931.
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Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine's criminal feud was the subject of a 13-episode
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that led to devastating interruptions of Leigh's overseas cocaine supply.
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Baker, was shot outside this house by the well known Sydney criminal,
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Razor: A true story of slashers, gangsters, prostitutes and sly grog
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Sydney underworld figure Kate Leigh, holding a graphlex camera, 1951
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Rugged Angel. The Amazing Career of Policewoman Lillian Armfield
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Drug Traffic, Narcotics and Organised Crime In Australia
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Leigh was also engaged in a violent feud with her rival
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New South Wales Register of Birth, Deaths and Marriages
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Leigh earned income, variously over these years, as a
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People associated with Kings Cross, New South Wales
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Razor: Tilly Devine, Kate Leigh and the razor gangs
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Index

Katie Leigh
Kate Lee

Dubbo
New South Wales
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park
English Australian
Razor gangs
sly-grog and drug
Tilly Devine
Surry Hills
sly groger
fence
razor gang
Tilly Devine
Woolloomooloo
Dubbo
New South Wales
Roman Catholic
Tumut
sly-grog
Surry Hills
Botany Cemetery
razor gang
St John's Anglican Church, Fremantle

sly-grog
madam
NSW State Parliament

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