Portrait of Thomas J. Ley [picture] / H.E. Davis
- Bib ID:
- 590830
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Davis, H. E
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [192-?]
- 1 photograph : sepia toned oval image 17.3 x 12 cm. on mount 33.5 x 24.6 cm.
- Biography/History:
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Thomas Ley was a N.S.W. (later Federal) parliamentarian. In 1928 he was defeated in the Federal elections after various ill-fated business dealings and the death or disappearance of a number of opponents. He was found guilty of the murder of a barman John Mudie in 1946 and sentenced to death. He was found insane and transferred to Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum where he died on 27 July 1947.
- Notes:
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- Title from inscription on reverse.
- Condition: Good.
- Inscriptions: "Thomas J. Ley" --In pencil on reverse. "H.E. Davis, photo artist, Kogarah Bay, Sans Souci" --Stamped on reverse.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136772929
- Related Material:
- Related material: Ley family papers, 1853-1956; National Library of Australia manuscript collection MS 6149
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- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
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