British-born Carmier was known as 'Yankee' Phyllis because of her peculiar accent. She stabbed her 'bludger' (or pimp) to death during a violent altercation in a sly-grog shop in lower Campbell Street, SurryHills. Carmier attracted much sympathy in the media, who labelled her crime a justifiable homicide.
Titled "Phyllis Carmier, alias Hume, criminal record number 515LB, 1 April 1921. State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay, NSW."
Source: Sydney Living Museum (Justice & Police Museum).