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, 1939

6,973 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Beer From Slop Tray Maximum Fine for Licensee 170 Bottles Poured Down Court Drain

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 7

One hundred and seventy bottles of adulterated beer were poured down a drain at the Parramatta Court yesterday…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

German Spies Sentenced. Danish Court's Action. COPENHAGEN. Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 12

After a trial [?]n camera, Captain Pflugkharttung, a German, and formerly the Danish correspondent of the Berlin newspaper. "Boersen Zeitung," was sentenced to 18…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Consul for Brazil Charged

Daily News · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 3

Described in the charge sheet as the Consul for Brazil, James Edward Barron. 59, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having fraudulently…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Court Sidelights

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 11

SERGEANT O'BRIEN (police prosecutor at Glebe Court): May the police who have given evidence leave the court, your Worship?…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

District Court Judge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 12

A recommondation will be made to a special meeting of the Executive Council to-day that Mr. L. J. Herron, barrister, be appointed an acting Judge of the District Court for the…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Police Patrols on Main Roads

The Land · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 14

To detect breaches of the traffic laws, a system of police patrols is about to be inaugurated on main highways throughout the State…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Police Hurt in Patrol Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 4

Two policemen were injured, one seriously, when a patrol car crashed Into a pine tree at Ocean Beach, Manly, last night…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Police Injured in P.d. Smash

Daily News · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 1

Two policemen attached to the Manly division were injured, one seriously, when their PD. car crashed into a palm tree in North Steyne, Manly, last night…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Car Testers Clean Up Police Stations

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 5

Wanted, five Cinderellas. Apply Police Department When not required to test drivers and ride in their cars they must clean out police-stations…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Bride of Day in Court

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 6

Married yesterday, Mrs. Joyce Olsen of Mary-street, Waterloo, gave evidence before Mr. Arnold, S.M., at…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Man in Shop Window Assisted Out, Say Police

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 3

A policeman said in evidence at the North Sydney Court today that he had helped through a broken glass partition one of two men…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Consul for Brazil in Court. Misappropriation Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 13

James Edward Barron, 59. described as Consu| for Brazil. appeared at the Central Police Court yesterday on a charge of having. during December 1938. while a director of the…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Point Piper Flat Raid Wife's Version To Court

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 3

A denial that she had ever been guilty of misconduct, or that the corespondent was at her Point Piper flat when it was raided by her…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Law Report. Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr Acting-Justice Hardwick.) Decree Absolute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 3

A decree nisi was made absolute in the following suit: Mary Jane MacNamara v Harry Roma MacNamara. GALBRAITH v GALBRAITH…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

How Wheatgrowers May Apply for the Home Price Claim Forms Now Available at All Wheatbelf Police Stations Instalment Payments to Be Made

The Land · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 3

APPLICATION forms under the Wheat industry Stabilisation Act, providing for the payment of the home consumption price proceeds and relief to distressed wheat growers, are now available from police…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Alleged Struggle in House. Charges of Theft and Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 19

Allegations that three men had entered a house in Station Street, Auburn, to repossess a wireless receiving set, and had assaulted the occupant and his wife and taken the…

Continued on Trove, page 19 →

Court President Shot Dead. Rumanian Police Action. LONDON, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 18

The Bucharest correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that gendarmes stormed a house in which Colonel Crislescu. President of the Cernauti Military Court, had been…

Continued on Trove, page 18 →

Magistrate Hits Out At Gaming Law

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 7

Gaming machines were being installed in respectable refreshment shops and were an enticement to respectable boys…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Blushing Girl's Leg Inspected By Magistrate

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 1

A young woman witness glared indignantly at an accused man at Central Police Court yesterday when he demanded that she should roll down her stocking and exhibit an injury…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Baffling Murder Mystery Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 3

One of the most baffling murder mysteries for years is the case of the Monbull butcher, Leslie McAllister,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →