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

Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1940

593 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 30

Sheep Stealing Charge Preferred

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 3

A sensation was caused in the Tallong district by the arrest during the week-end of a Tallong resident on suspicion of sheep stealing…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Attack Made on Communists Police Make Eight Arrests In Sydney Domain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Soldiers in uniform yesterday again made determined efforts to break up the meeting held in the Sydney Domain by the Communist Party. They persistently charged in military formation, but…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Sent To Gaol Man On Garage Premises

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 7

Following brief evidence Victor Andrew Daley, 4:3, a stranger, was sentenced to 14 days' hard labour when…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

COMMUNISTS Police Busy At Canberra

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 1

It was stated in Goulburn yesterday morning that investigations by the Canberra police into rumours that Communists are active…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

“The Gaol”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 2

The boys at Burrinjuck call the dam job, “The Gaol.” They reckon there is only one road in and one…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Beggars Sent To Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 4

At the Goulburn Police Court this morning two men were each sentenced to one day's hard labour for having unlawfully…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

"Black Sheep in Every Fold" Criticism of Police Condemned

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 8

It is unfortunate, in many ways, that a section of the metropolitan Press is attempting to stir up public feeling against the N.S.W. police…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

One Foot in Gaol No German Is Safe To-day

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 8

NEW YORK: So precarious is the position of business leaders in Germany that the situation has been described by Felix Beyer, German…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Two Counts Alleged Sheep Stealing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 1

Two counts of sheep stealing—the first preferred in Goulburn for some years—were included in the three charges…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Police Haul Liquor Stock In Caravan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 7

The seizure by police of 619 bottles of beer in a car caravan was mentioned at Rylstone Police Court, when Albert Lovell Thompson, and John…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Charged With Murdering His Father

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday: Henry Clayton, 17, Main Road, Marks Point, was charged at Newcastle Police Station last night with having…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Police Shoot Three Bandits

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 4

HONGKONG, Tuesday: British police shot three men dead after an hour's battle with bandits who were raiding British leased territory…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Fresh Start Police Boys' Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 4

Last night marked the first meeting this year of the Goulburn Police Boys' Club, which was reorganised recently after several…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Police Criticised Sing-Song Suppressed No New Year REVELRY(To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 7

Sir,—It is well known that in the early part of the last century the character and disposition of the police force, or “bobbles,” as they…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Alleged Sheep Stealing Tallong Farmer Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4

Ten sheep allegedly stolen from Ballanga, near Tallong, on or about November 4, were mentioned in the Goulburn Police…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Missing Bicycle Remand On Theft Charge

The Young Chronicle · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 1

When Alfred William James Hart (23) appeared at Young Police Court yesterday morning on a charge of having stolen a bicycle,…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Deserter Caught Broke Gaol At Bethungra

The Young Chronicle · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

From early on Wednesday night until well into yesterday, Cootamundra and Junee police were engaged in a man-hunt in the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Went To Gaol Because Of Low Charge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 5

STILLWATER, Okla.: W. L. Tennyson, Cushing, Okla., barber who thinks a quarter is enough for a haircut, is back in goal again…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Police Boys' Club Doings

The Young Chronicle · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

Arrangements for a boxing tournament to be conducted in the Southern Cross Hall in March were considered at the monthly meeting of the Police…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Last Chance Police War On Cyclists

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4

To-day is zero hour for careless cyclists in Goulburn, as the police, holding that repeated warnings have given offenders…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →