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

Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

1,363 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 69

Mullumbimby Farewell to Magistrate

Tweed Daily · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 2

Opporunity was taken by Mr H. Hungerford and Sgt. W. Harrower, on behalf of the legal fraternity and police, during court…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Farmer Fined for Assault

Northern Star · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 6

MULLUMBIMBY, Sunday. — bimby, was proceeded against Wilson's Creek Road, Mullumbimby, was proceeded against…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Cases at Mullumbimby Court

Tweed Daily · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 2

At Mullumbimby Police Court before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., John Henry Flick was charged with having travelled on the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Bound Over for Stealing Melons

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 7

Charged betore Mr. G. L. Berry, PJVL, at casino Police Court with having stolen melons to the value of 4s, the property of George…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Month's Gaol For Theft

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 3

Sentence of one month's imprisonment, with hard labour, was imposed on Sydney William Tideswell known as Archibald Crabtree,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Charged with Rape

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Allan Stanley Haines (18), labourer, was charged at the Ryde Court to-day with the. rape of a nine year old…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Many Jain Police Force

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — More than 160 men have been appointed constables during the last few months or enrolled for trafhing, the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Charged With Murder

Northern Star · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Edward James White (65), of Darlinghurst, was committed for trial by the City Coroner to-day on a charge of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Murder Charges at Cairns

Tweed Daily · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 3

CAIRNS, Wednesday: As a sequel to the bombing incident in Graf ton Street on January 14, William Leslie Fitzgerald…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Singapore Strike Demonstrators and Police Clash

Tweed Daily · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday: Police clashed with demonstrators, holding an unauthorised meeting in support of 175,000 strikers…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Young Soldier Sentenced for Part in Hold-up

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 3

BATHURST, Thursday: Richard Arthur Webb (18), soldier, was sentenced today to five years' jail for taking part in a…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Committed for Trial on Murder Charge

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: A wharf laborer, Edward James White (65), was committed for trial on a murder charge by the city…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Trial Report On Murder Of 50 R.A.F. Men

Northern Star · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 1

NUREMBERG, Thursday (AAP).—Among the documents filed at the Nuremberg war trials was one relating to the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

R.c. Archbishop Sentenced

Northern Star · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (AAP). —A Polish Court has sentenced a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Danzig,…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Police Hurt in Sydney Scuffle

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday:—Constable James McClemegham had his right leg badly fractured and Sergeant T. M. Reid was…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Remand on Charge of Stealing

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

CASINO, Monday. — Before Messrs. Elsmer Jones and L. Austin, J's P., Frederick Arthur Clarke, 21, was charged at Casino Court…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Girl Dead on Beach; Man on Murder Charge

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday:—Ethel Mavis Nyman, 17, of Coburg, was found dead on Fort Melbourne Beach on Saturday…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Prisoner's Court Room Bid to Escape

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Police struggled with a man in the Central Police Court today when he tried to escape before he entered the dock to answer charges of breaking, entering…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Way Opened for Court to Consider General 40-Hour Week

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: Opportunity for the Arbitration Court to consider the matter of an Australian standard 40-hour working week was provided today when the full Arbitration Court adjourned the special…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Remand on Stealing Charge

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 3

CASINO Tuesday.—Charged before Mr. N. L. M. Hammond, C.P.S., at casino Court today with having on January 26 stolen a…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →