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, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

Presented at Court

The World's News · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 33

A Scot appeared in an English police court, his head swathed in bandages. An Irishman, charged with assaulting the Scot with a kettle, pointed to the injured party and said, scornfully: "Those bandages are all show. He was walking about without…

Continued on Trove, page 33 →

Woman Attacked. Police Arrest Assailant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 10

While lying in her bed at her home in Campbell-street, Waverley, last night, Mrs. Mary Fulton, 56, was attacked by a man who was armed with an ebony ruler. She was…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Police Chief Rumor Is Denied

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 18

A report current in police circles, that a special claim to the post of Commissioner, shortly to be vacated when Mr. Childs takes the usual…

Continued on Trove, page 18 →

Xmas Day Death Murder Allegation Woman for Trial

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 11

A disconsolate figure, her left arm in splints, Mary Jennings, was committed for trial from the Coroner's Court to-day, on a charge of having…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Mystery Knife Wound Fatal Wife of Redfern Licensee Husband Stands Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 7

WITH a deep knife wound in her back, Mrs. Maud Joel, 38, wife of the licensee of the Darlington Hotel Redfern, was…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Cow Slaughtered Police Plumbing Brutality Motive

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--A cow belonging to a dairy herd at Carrington was found slaughtered early today at the base of a grassy mound…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

On Knife "Wife Fell" Police Claim

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 13

CHARGED with having feloniously and maliciously murdered his wife, Maud Beatrice Joel, at Darlington,…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Hotel Tragedy. Woman's Fatal Wound. Police Detain Man

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 9

Maud Joel, 38, the wife of the proprietor of the Darlington Hotel, Darlington, died from a wound caused by a knife, in the kitchen of the hotel last…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Records Men "Kick" Free Broadcast to End Fees Will Now Be Charged LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 8

THE gramophone companies' demand for payment of copyright fees on all records broadcast after to-day may have…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Mutiny In The Supreme Court Record Library

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 9

Tenanted by ghosts of a [?]century that is past is a room in the Supreme Court building which members of the public are…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Scottish Gaelic. High Court Decision. Clergyman's Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 8

The Rev. M. M. Macdonald, in an address at the Highland Society's gathering at the Showground yesterday, said that Scottish Gaelic had suffered a grave injustice by recent…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Over Fence Detective's Chase Story in Court

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 13

Evidence of a chase by a detective was given when a charge of having stolen a handbag and 2s 10d, belonging to Ruby Boyd, was preferred…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Court Move Evict U.A.P. Branch

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 8

An order to have the Redfern branch of the U.A.P. evicted from a shop and dwelling they have been occupying as committee-rooms was…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Law Notices. Wednesday, January 2. Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

Before the Registrar.—At Commonwealth Bank Building, Pitt-street.—At 10 a.m.: Confirmation of accounts and plans. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

HOGAN v. Cameron. Summary of High Court Judgment

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 6

IN connection with the recent High Court decision on an appeal by the Victorian Central Executive against the Victorian Supreme Court judgment in the case of…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Police Climb Scaled 20Ft. Wall in Search of Wanted Man

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 7

Following a watchman's report that the front door had been forced in a four-story building in Kent Street, police last night searched the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Air Police Patrol Africa Slave Smugglers and Drug Runners Fear These 'Planes

The World's News · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

AFRICA to-day depends upon aircraft for its policing and safety. Quietly but effectively the Royal Air Force…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Shooting & Brawling Open Saar's New Year Fired Through Windows 28 CASUALTIES Revolver Battle Police in Trouble London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

DESPITE the early friendly celebrations, 1935 has opened with shooting and brawls and a casualty list of 28, states the Saarbrucken correspondent of "The Times." RIVAL factions fired on each other wtih revolvers in a…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

The Bushworkers' Budget A.w.u.'s Mining Case in Commonwealth Court Chief Judge Dethridge's Award. All Items Figures, Melbourne, Apply to Gold Mining in Victoria. Increase in Margins Granted

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 17

In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court at Melbourne on Monday, Chief Judge Dethridge delivered his judgment and award in the case in which the…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

Bigamy, Assault and Burglary Man Added to Record: Nine Months' Gaol

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

When Sydney Madden, 36, laborer, was sentenced to nine months' hard labor by Mr. Shepherd, S.M., at Central Court yesterday. It was…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →