Attempt at Armed Robbery. Women's Story to Police
Mrs. Florence Sookce, of Bulwarra Road, Ultimo, reported to the police on Saturday night that a man armed with a revolver had tried to rob her in her home…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Courts & crime, 1939
6,973 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250
Welding Plant Missing Police Fear Raids On Strongrooms
Theft of a complete oxy-welding plant during the week-end has caused police to believe that a gang of cracksmen may attempt to burn open a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Move for Fair Rents Court Leichhardt Council Wants Action
Leichhardt Municipal Council has asked the Local Government Association to use its influence with the Government towards the re-establishment of a fair rents…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Act. Swift Raid at Singapore. Japanese Premises. Singapore, Jan. 22
Police and detectives of the Special Branch of the Straits Settlements Police, after thowing a cordon round the buildings, raided several…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Theft of Flowers From Graves. Man Sent to Gaol
Horace Smith, 29, labourer, who, it was alleged, stole flowers from graves in the Botany Cemetery, and then sold them to people outside the Prince Henry Hospital,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wife Charged with Arson
Last night a woman was charged at Central Police Station with having maliciously set fire to her husband's house…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Communist Charged. Wollongong
Gordon King, secretary of the South Coast branch of the Communist Party, was charged in the police court to-day with offensive behaviour…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sentenced for Poultry Thefts. Wollongong
At the Wollongong Police Court, Eugene O'Leary and John Walsh were each sentenced to two months' imprisonment on charges of having stolen poultry. It was stated by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Famous Woman Driver Charged Paris
Mrs. Kay Petrie.,the well-known English racing motorist, who was driving the car in which Major Empson a motoring journalist, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Around the World Gaol for Iron Guards
BUCHAREST, Dec. 28.—Hard labor for life is the sentence pronounced on Iron Guardists Lutotovici and Stanesco by the Cernautzi War Council for an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Hanged for Double Murder
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Thomas William Johnson, 40, murderer of two invalid pensioners, was hanged at the Metropolitan Jail. Coburg. this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court Sidelights
MR. SCOBIE, S.M.: How many police witnesses in this case? Police Prosecutor: Five, your Worship. Solicitor for defendant: We have 12…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Alleged Threats with Revolver. Remand on Assault Charge
An allegation that Robert Geale. 23, labourer, brandished a revolver in a street in Ultimo on Saturday night and threatened to shoot anybody who attempted to interfere…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →May Shut As Gaol Bathurst Move Defectives' Home
Bathurst Gaol, scene of the recent attacks by .prisoners on warders, probably will be closed as a gaol for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Theft From Social Club. Clerk Committed for Trial
At the Redfern Police Court yesterday, James Anthony Creagh, 29, clerk, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen £563/17/3 from the Standard Telephones and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Complaint To Court
Patrick McHenry, secretary of the Port Kembla Federated Iron Workers' Union, and James MacKie, organiser, yesterday alleged a breach of the Arbitration Act…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court Cases Decrease. Kyogle
There was a decrease of 13, compared with the previous year, in the number of charge and summons cases at the Kyogle police court in 1938, during which year 79 charges and 54…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Discharge of King Police Case Dismissed WOLLONGONG
The charge of offensive behavior against Gordon King, ironworker and prominent industrialist, was dismissed and he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Police Find Explosives by Ton London
TWO tons of explosives were seized when Scotland Yard men raided houses at Highgate (London) and Ilford (Essex). Dozens of anonymous phone messages reached the police over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woolcott Forbes Case S.M. Grants Extradition Police Escort Will Leave for Bombay Tonight Farewell Letter To Private Secretary Read In Court
A PRIMA facie case against John Woolcott Forbes was held to have been made when extradition proceedings ended yesterday This was the decision of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →