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, 1927

9,449 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Boy's Death Surry Hills Case Mousset Charged Coroner Investigates

The Sun · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 9

Asked to keep a watch on a neighbor's house, while she was absent, Pierre Altrien Mousset later discovered two boys in the back yard. He…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Murder Echo Chaffeur's Claim CHICAGO, Sunday, Jan. 9

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 1

The youths, Loeb and Leopold, who were convicted of murder in June, 1925, have been sued for 100,000 dollars by Charles Ream, a chauffeur, who…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Typhoid in Unsewered Areas Gaol Outbreak Doctor's View Causes of Infection

Evening News · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 7

TYPHOID fever, for which this is the sesson, is more prevalent in the metropolitan area than it has been for a…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Darlinghurst Shooting. Boy's Death Murder Charge Story at Inquest

Evening News · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 7

HOW George francis Dunne, 15, was fatally shot at Darlinghurst last Monday was related to the city coroner to-day…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Barrier Tragedy Inquest on Girl Charge of Murder Broken Hill

Evening News · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 7

A LARGE CROWD, including a number of women, filled the public portion of the coroner's Court to-day, when the inquest into…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Given a Lift They Batter Driver with Iron Bar Thugs at Tichborne Take to the Scrub Big Posse of Civilians and Police. Forbes

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 5

A SENSATION was caused in this district yesterday afternoon when it was learned that the police are searching for two men…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

"KLEPTOMANIA" Youth Charged With Theft Plenty of Money

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 9

Said to be subject to fits of kleptomania. Laurence Gabriel Dudley (20). electrical apprentice, appeared before Mr. Gates. C.S.M., at the Central…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Murder Charge. Frenchman in Court. Darlinghurst Tragedy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 8

The death of George Francis Dunne, aged 15 years, a page boy, employed by a city taxi-cab company, after a shooting incident at Darlinghurst on January 3, was the subject of an…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

"Lost Memory" Salesman's Plea Gaol for Theft In a long, written appeal to a

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 9

magistrate at the Central Police Court yesterday, Lloyd Cook (25), salesman, who pleaded guilty to two charges of stealing, stated that his lapses were the…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Stole Golf Bag Laborer Sentenced

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 9

"This man has a record going back to 1904, said Sergeant Dennis (police prosecutor), at the Central Police Court yesterday referring to James Arnett…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Rogue Sentenced Protection of Public

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 9

"The public must be protected from men of your type. You men dress well when on your preying expeditions to divert suspicion. I am going to see…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Murder Mystery Baffles S.A. Police Factoryworker's Death Bloodstained Apron Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

Another step towards solving the baffling mystery of the murder at an Adelaide boot factory on December 20, of James Francis…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Girl's Death Car Driver Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 11

Before Mr. MacDougal, S.M., at Paddington Police Court yesterday, Alfred Henry Stanborough (34), garage proprietor, was remanded for a fortnight…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

"Suburban Pest" Theft of Fur Coat

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 9

David Lockhart Whetton (25), described as a business manager, was sentenced, at the Central Police Court yesterday to a month's imprisonment…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Compressed Air Case Not an Assault

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 9

What has been known as "the compressed air case" terminated at Balmain Court to-day, when Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., said there was no…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Shoplifting. Salesman Sentenced. "Loss of Memory" Plea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 8

Lloyd Cook, aged 25 years, described as a salesman, who was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with shoplifting, pleaded that he suffered from loss of memory…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

"No Assault" Compressed Air Case Youth Discharged

The Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 13

Arthur John Taylor, of Renwick- street, Drummoyne, who was seriously injured on [?]cember 2 through compressed air being blown into him at…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Typhoid in Gaol Goulburn Outbreak to Be Investigated

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 4

On the subject of the outbreak of typhoid fever in Goulbern Gaol, the Assistant Government Microbiologist. Dr. Mergan, has established a…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Bailiff Charged Fatal Motor Smash Coroner to Inquire

The Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 15

Douglas Arthur Newell, aged 25, bailiff, appeared before Mr. Gates, C.S.M., in the Central Police Court today charged with the manslaughter…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Sixpence Between Them Visitors From Melbourne "Get Work" Says Magistrate

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 2

Among recent inter-State visitor to this part of the globe were Arthur James Donlon and Norman Weeks. No flourish of trumpets heralded their arrival…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →