Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Courts & crime, all years

Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

1,306 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 27 of 66

Brutal Murder Adelaide Man Shot Body Near Tree. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 4

The Adelaide police believe the discovery to-day of the body of Richard Joseph Supple, 3[?], laborer, lying near a tree in the Memorial Drive outside…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Land and Stock Mortgages Application Under Torium Act Heard at Dorrigo Court

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 6

At the Dorrigo Police Court on Friday before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., Henry Thomas Shaw, of Leichhardt, made application for leave to…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Amber Smith Girl Again in Court Fined £10 for Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1933 · page 5

Pleading guilty at the Central Court to-day, on a charge of having stolen clothing valued at 5, Amber Smith, 19, a nurse, was fined £10…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Bondi Murder Little Progress by Police Suspicious Characters Seen at Garage. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1933 · page 5

The police have made little progress in their inquiries into the callous shooting of John Rowland, af Bondi, and the murderers were still at large to-day…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Glenugie Bridge Recent Fire Police Court Sequel Information Against Accused Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1933 · page 7

After being twice remanded, William Shine 39, again appeared before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, when he was charged…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

HOLD-UP In Chinese Shop Alleged Robbery Under Arms Two Accused at Police Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1933 · page 5

Arising out of the sensational holdup and robbery of Chinese at Alexandria on May 11, Andrew Loot, 23, and Gavin Norwood, 33, appeared at…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

EXECUTION In Grafton Gaol Incidents of 1885 Opening of Sportsman's Creek Bridge. Beer From Clarence Brewery

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1933 · page 8

The s.s. Emma Pyers made her maiden trip to the Clarence in 1885. She was chartered to open up a trade between the Clarence and Richmond, Brunswick…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

'Stealing with Violence' Charges Against Two Men Letter to Police--"double Crossed." Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 5

The recent hold-up of the manageress of the Aero clubhouse at Archerfield had its sequel at the police court to-day when Athol Deighton, 23. and Ernest…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

'Biting' People Vagrancy Charge Sentenced to 14 Days

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 2

Francis Spencer, 19, was charged at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning with having at Grafton, on May 20, been a person having no visible lawful means…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Suicide After Wife Was Sentenced. Worried Husband. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 4

"I have been working for twenty years and out of that ten years my wages have been used for drugs for myself and my wife."…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Pleaded Not Guilty Deaf and Dumb Hawker Charged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 3

Sitting on the Bench at the Grafton Police Court yesterday afternoon, Messrs. J. Tarn and B. J. Rodgers, J's.P., were somewhat perplexed when a deaf and dumb…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Insulting Words Case From Wombah Maclean Police Court Hearing

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 May 1933 · page 3

At the Maclean Police Court on Thursday last before Mr. H. Hawkins, Police Magistrate, Wilfred Oliver John son, proceeded against Robert Baird, of…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Year's Gaol Stealing From Railways. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1933 · page 5

Clifford White, 24, and James White, 28. were each sentenced to twelve months imprisonment at the Bathurst Police Court on eight charges of having pilfered…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Murder in North Queensland Italian Woman Shot Dead. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1933 · page 5

Concetta Sinardi, a married Italian woman, was shot dead through the face at a farmhouse near Home Hill, North Queensland…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wanted in France Theft of £46,000 Alleged Suspect Arrested in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1933 · page 5

Mr. MacDougal, S.M., refused bail when James Mann, alias Mason, alias Foy, was remanded at the Central Court to-day, until May 31 on a charge of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Tarred And Feathered at Midnight Farmer Tied To Post Son Held by Attackers Two Men Sentenced Ten Others Fined. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1933 · page 5

Evidence of how Charles Lehmann, 50, of Katyil, near Dimboola, was tied to a post on his property by a number of masked men shortly after…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Her Honor Wife In Witness Box Husband on Murder Charge Byron Bay Shooting Tragedy Lismore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1933 · page 4

The inquest into the death of Percy George Wooldridge, who was shot dead on his farm at Broken Head, near Byron Bay, on Easter Monday,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Court's Orders Pasted in Lismore Baker's Window "Flagrant Contempt." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1933 · page 5

Charles Taylor, master baker, of Lismore, who has been arrested under a writ of attachment, told Mr. Justice Long Innes, in the Equity Court to-day, that he…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Six Months Amber Smith Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 5

Described by the prosecutor as "an absolute impostor" Amber Smith, 19, nurse, was to-day sentenced to six months hard labor at the Central Court on a…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Court in Hospital

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 4

One of the wards in the Casino Hospital was transformed into a court on Wednesday, so that a charge of attempted suicide could be preferred against…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →