Convicted of unlawfully using an instrument to procure a miscarriage. Mary Brownlee was a backyard abortionist who was caught during an extensive police investigation. She was sentenced to 12 months light labour, but her male accomplicewas acquitted. Aged 64. Part of an archive of forensic photography created by the NSW Police between 1912 and 1964.
Titled "Mary Rubina Brownlee, criminal record number 577LB, 4 April 1923. State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay, NSW."
Source: Sydney Living Museum (Justice & Police Museum).