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

Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

7,627 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Stealing From a Shop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 3

At the Glebe Police Court yesterday, before Mr.Love, D.S.M., Catherine Larkin, aged 42, was charged with having stolen two camisoles and one blouse, of the total value of 10s, the property of Grace Bros., at the Glebe,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Phrenology and Palmistry. Cases at Glebe Police Court

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 6

Sub-inspector Sobye proceeded at Glebe Police Court against Christina Elder, of Glebe Point-road, Glebe, for having, on December 31, pretended to tell the fortune of John…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Theft of Jewellery. Commercial Traveller's Loss

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 7

TAMWORTH, Thursday.--On Tuesday, Mr. Solberg, traveller for a Sydney firm of jewellers, while staying at an hotel in Manilla, was robbed of a bag containing samples of valuable…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Health of the Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 7

The attention of the Chief Secretary having been drawn by a report of the Public Health Department to the fact that the Broken Hill Council was not carrying out the sanitary…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Marine Court Inquiry

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

The Marine Court yesterday afternoon delivered its finding in the inquiry attending the circumstances connected near Garden Island, Sydney Harbour,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Court of Marine Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 3

Before his Honor Judge Murray, with Assessors, in No. 1 District Court, at 10 a.m.—Re the master of the Large Bay (part heard)…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Mr. Delprat Interviewed. Compliments the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--Mr. Delprat, manager of the Broken-hill Proprietary, interviewed to-day, said:--"We are all happy and in good health hero, as you see, and we make…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

A Palmist Before the Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 3

At the Glebe Police Court yesterday, before Mr.Love, D.S.M., Christina Elder, of Glebe Point-road, was charged with having unlawfully pretended to John Frank Wilson to tell his fortune by palmistry, thereby…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

On the High Seas. Captain Charged with Drunkenness. Whisky for the Crew

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 10

The Marine Court (Judge Murray, president; and Captains M'Gibbon and Boldchild assessors) sat yesterday afternoon for the purpose of hearing charges of misconduct brought against Donald M'Leod, master of the…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Police Courts. Bad Language in a Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 10

Edward Self (40), a show attendant at Wonderland City, was charged at the Paddington Police Court with using indecent language in a tramway car in Oxford-street, Woollahra, on January 18. Subinspector…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Russian Terrorist Organiser Condemned to Death. Suspected Police Agent

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday Evening.—A secret tribunal sifting at Paris has condemned to death as a police agent Azeff, the chief Terrorist organiser of the Russian Revolutionary Society…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Illegal Gold Trading. Police Make Another Raid. Bendigo

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 7

The police made another raid on suspected illegal gold-buyers today. There were, 12 warrants issued. Five were for Chinese, one for a well-known tailor, another for a…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Arbitration Court Proceedings Mr. Justice Higgins's Intentions. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 7

Mr. Justice Higgins, president of the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, has arranged to curtail his vacation, and to proceed next week with the hearing of the plaint by the Barrier…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Rights of Street Orators. Is Favoritism Shown ? Police Authorities Say Not

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 6

Yesterday a woman who was prosecuted for "testing the power of the police" by refusing to discontinue talking in Bourke- street, whereby a crowd was collected, was…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Three Men Before the Court. Woman Who Dared the Policeman

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 5

BROKEN HILL, Friday.—Before Mr. Barnett, S.M., in the police court this morning, Jas. Harrison, 26, John Williams, 23, and Jas. Knevitt, 25, were charged with riotous…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Voyage of the Largo Bay. Charges Against the captain. Marine Court Inquiry

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 7

A Marino Court of inquiry, consisting of Judge Murray and Captain M'Gibbon and Boldchild (assessors), was hold this afternoon for the purpose of investigating a…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Cruise of the Largo Bay. Allegations of Drunkenness Against the Captain. Marine Court Inquiry

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

The Marine Court inquiry instituted at the instance of the Superintendent of Navigation into allegations of misconduct against Donald M'Leod, master of the iron barque…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Tale of the Sea. Charge Against a Ship's Captain. Inquiry in the Marine Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 3

A tale of the sea was told in the Marine Court yesterday, when a charge of misconduct was heard before Judge Murray and Captains M'Gibbon and Boldchild against the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Naval Disaster. Judgment of the Court. Both Parties to Blame. Captain Hansen to Show Cause

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 10

The Marine Court yesterday gave Its decision regard to the collision which occurred in the harbor on January 5 between the steamer Dunmore and a pinnace from H.M.S…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

The Naval Disaster. Decision of Marine Court. Blame on Both Sides. Captain Hansen to Show Cause

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 3

The Court of Marine Inquiry has found blame on both sides in respect to the naval disaster in the harbour, when 15 man-o' warsmen were drowned in a collision between the steamer…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →