dɪvˈaɪn kəmˈɪɾᵻd ɐ nˈʌmbɚɹ ʌv hˈaɪpɹˈoʊfaɪl mˈɜːdɚz ɪn sˈɪdni bᵻtwˌiːn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti nˈaɪn ænd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi wˈʌn: nˈoʊɾəbli, ðə mˈɜːdɚɹ ʌv kɹˈɪmɪnəl dʒˈɔːɹdʒ lˈɛnɚd "ɡɹˈɛɡɚɹi" ɡˈæfni ˌɔn sˈɛvəntˌiːn dʒuːlˈaɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti nˈaɪn, sˈɛkəndli, æz ɐn ɐksˈɛsɚɹi tə ðə mˈɜːdɚɹ ʌv bˈɑːɹni dˈɔltən ˌɔn nˈaɪn noʊvˈɛmbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti nˈaɪn wɪð ˈɪnfəməs sˈɪdni ɡˈæŋstɚ ænd ɐsˈæsɪn, fɹˈænsɪs dˈɑːnəld "fɹˈæŋki" ɡɹˈiːn ænd, θˈɜːdli, ðɪ ˌæksɪdˈɛntəl ʃˈuːɾɪŋ ʌv tˈæksi dɹˈaɪvɚ, fɹˈɛdɚɹˌɪk hˈɜːbɚt mˈɑːfɪt ˌɔn sˈɪkstiːn dʒˈuːn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi wˈʌn.
Devine committed a number of high-profile murders in Sydney between 1929 and 1931: notably, the murder of criminal George Leonard "Gregory" Gaffney on 17 July 1929, secondly, as an accessory to the murder of Barney Dalton on 9 November 1929 (with infamous Sydney gangster and assassin, Francis Donald "Frankie" Green) and, thirdly, the accidental shooting of taxi driver, Frederick Herbert Moffitt on 16 June 1931.