Francisco carried a facial scar from being hit in the face with a brass candlestick and while under the influence Frank attempted to murder her on several occasions, once by throwing her down a well and several times by giving her poison.
Regarded by the courts as "an incorrigible rogue" Francisco's strength was legendary, often taking several constables considerable effort to arrest her.
Although she had gone without intoxicating liquor for a year she had apparently not forgotten the taste of it, as on Monday morning she started her pranks again.
Sarah has a reputation of being "as strong as a lion" and there seems to be some justification for the comparison, as three policemen could not remove her to the police station.
— The Advertiser, 18 November 1903In the early 1910s Francisco, who was then in her 70s, decided to reform and pleaded guilty for the very first time.
[1][2] In 1996 the Historical Society of South Australia gave a lecture on Francisco's life entitled "Saucy Sarah, Rarely Sober".
Seven years earlier, she had been offered a free burial from a local undertaker and she was buried in the Cheltenham Cemetery.