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, 1915

5,681 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 250

Income Tax Appeal. Big Sum Disputed. Decision of Full Court

The Sun · Wednesday 10 March 1915 · page 6

Judgment was delivered by the Full Court (Mr. Justice Pring, Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice Ferguson) to-day in Banco in the appeal from a decision of Judge Murray in an…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Edmunds.) Brickmaking Industry. Appeal Against Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 March 1915 · page 9

His Honor yesterday gave his reserved judgment in an appeal by the New South Wales Brick Co., Ltd., and the Federal Brick Co., Ltd., against the award of August 26,…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Industrial Court. Status of the Judge. Sir Wm. Cullen's Views. a Sharp Reply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 March 1915 · page 12

In the Supreme Court last week his Honor the Chief Justice stated that the title "Mr. Justice" should not apply to a Judge of the Industrial Court, since he was not a…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

District Court. (Before Judge Rogers.) Claim for Commission. Shanley V Frazer and another

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 March 1915 · page 9

Michael Robert Shanley, hotelbroker, of Post Office-chambers, Pitt-street, Sydney, trading as "Bostock and Shanley," proceeded against Catherine Frazer and Charles Henry…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Parramatta Court. Friday, March 5. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, S.M.) He Didn't Remember

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1915 · page 1

Patrick Brady was charged with using indecent language. He pleaded "Not guilty. I don't remember anything about it…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Police Courts. Stealing Books

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 4

Clara Jackson, 41, pleaded guilty, at the Water Police Court, before Mr. Love, S.M., yesterday, to a charge of stealing, on March 9, two books, of the value of 4s, the property of the New South Wales Bookstall…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Advertising Fraud. Man Sent to Gaol

The Sun · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 6

Charles Williams, of no occupation, was at the Paddington Court this morning sentenced to six months for imposing on Violet Mountain, a dressmaker, of Oxford-street,…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Funnell Case. Charged and Acquitted

Co-operator · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 4

Fireman W. M. Funnell, who, it will be remembered, was brought up at the Newtown Police Court and acquitted on a charge of stealing…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Speaking in the Street. Is Sedition Preached? Magistrate's Amazement

The Sun · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 6

At the conclusion of a case at the Central Summons Court this morning, in which Mathias Rudolph, a young man, was presented on a charge of having attracted a…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Remarkable Affidavit. Melbourne Court Incident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A remarkable affidavit came before Mr. Justice Hood In the Practice Court to–day, in the course of proceedings for an order to review a decision of…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Wheat Acquisition. High Court Case

The Australian Worker · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 15

The hearing has been continued in Melbourne of the special case stated by the inter-State Commission against the injunction granted by the Commission…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Police and Promotion. N.s.w. Service Reorganized

The Australian Worker · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 14

There is a strong military flavor in the new police regulations which have been issued in N.S.W. to govern the system of appointment and promotion. The old…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Police Inspectors by the Ounce. Discontent in Fiji

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 11

SUVA March 3—As the [?] Fiji, it requires that all, natives shall he indoors by 11 p.m. That a certain amount of laxity has crept in there is no…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Docker and a jury.) Mr. C. A. White prosecuted for the Crown. Man Sentenced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 4

Robert William M'Cheane, for whom Mr. E. R. Abigall appeared, pleaded guilty to a charge of having embezzied the sum of £124 2s 1d belonging to the Great Northern…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Indian Fanatics Resist Arrest. Police Storm Temple of Refuge. Madras, Wednesday Night

Evening News · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 5

A sensational story comes from Calicut, in the Malabar district. Some fanatics concerned in an attempt on the life of an official, took refuge in a temple,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Not His Funeral. Cave Man Reads of Death: Tells Police He Is Alive

The Sun · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 5

A strange story of how a man read of his horrible death, and then told the police that he was still alive, comes from La Perouse. A big bushfire off Bunnerong-road, La…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

District Court. (Before Judge Rogers.) Claim for Commission. Shanley v Frazer and another

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 4

Michael Robert Shanley, hotelbroker, of Post Office-chambers, Pitt-street, Sydney, trading as "Bostock and Shanley," proceeded against Catherine Frazer and Charles Henry…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Land Appeal Court. (Before Mr. H. A. G. Curry, President,; and Messrs. W. Houston and C. E. Reunie, Commissioners.) Reserved Decision Delivered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 4

The appeal by Messrs. Weaver and Allworth (as agents and attorneys for executors of the late H. T. Whltty) against the recommendation of the Local Land Board in…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Law Report. Supreme Court. in Banco. (Before Mr. Justice Pring. Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice Ferguson) Income Tax Dispute. Re A. W. Meeks (Commissioners of Taxation, respondents.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 4

Mr. Langer Owen, K.C., and Mr. Clive Toece, instructed by Messrs. Norton, Smith, and Company, appeared for appellant; and Dr. Brissenden, instructed by the Crown Solicitor…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

THE Bushworkers' Budget A Record of A.W.U. Activities. A.W.U. Convention. the White Australia Policy. a Protest Against Vice-regal Criticism. State Immigration Systems Condemned. Station Hands' Case and the Arbitration Court. Interfering with White Australian Policy

The Australian Worker · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 19

Mr. Coyne moved— That this Convention emphatically protests against any representative of his Majesty occupying the temporary…

Continued on Trove, page 19 →