Beasley Kearney

[1] Kearney was born at Wilmington, South Australia, and was educated at country schools.

He studied law at the University of Adelaide while working with the department, resigning after six years in order to undertake his articles as a solicitor and then being admitted to the bar.

[11] He recontested his seat for official Labor at the April 1933 election, but was defeated.

[4] In July 1933, he was struck off the roll of legal practitioners over allegations that he had fraudulently taken a large sum of money from a client in a deceased estate case.

[12] In August 1933, he was convicted and jailed for three years with hard labour after pleading guilty to separate fraud charges involving a total of £1,591.