Heard in Court
Wife: Once, when my husband took me out for the evening, he bought me a small lime-juice. Since then he seems to think that he's entitled to a…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Courts & crime, 1941
6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 250
Self-help Led to Gaol Willington (N.z.)
Five branch managers and three other employees of Self-Help Stores, New Zealand's biggest grocery chain, interpreted "self-help" literally by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Silence in the Court
MR. JUSTICE EDWARDS (to Divorce Court witness): Were you guilty of any conduct which might…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Seamen Obey Court Order
More trouble is possible over the seamen's annual ballot, which already has been the subject of consideration by the Commonwealth Arbitration Court…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Police Stop Car; Seize Goods. Three Men Arrested
Goods to the value of £186, alleged to have been stolen from a ship tied up at a wharf at Pyrmont, were seized yesterday afternoon when police, under Detective-Sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Solicitor's Appeal to High Court. Alleged National Security Offence
John Royston Wishart, a solicitor, is appealing to the High Court against his conviction and the sentence of six months' imprisonment imposed on him on January 16, by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Justice Edwards.) WILLS v WILLS
Charles Gordon Wills v Elizabeth Bettine Wills (formerly Duggan). Marriage, December, 1937, at the Registry, St. Pancras, England. Issue, adultery with…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Man They Can't Hold in Gaol London
STANLEY HILTON THURSTON, 31, known as the man no gaol can hold, made a most sensational escape from…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Police Disagree—on "Mossie" Collins
OFFICIALLY the police strenuously opposed the application in view of Hyams' past history. Nevertheless eight police officers were called by Mr. W. Sheahan (appearing for Hyams) to testify…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Knight Gave a Toast Murder in Exotic Eden
NAIROBI, Kenya Colony, East Africa, Sat. ANOTHER startling episode in this colony's aristocratic love drama and tragedy was heard this week when the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Men Weep at Sex Murder Trial New York
ONE hundred and thirty-three small boxes, each containing a pinch of human ashes, a charred fragment of bone or a childish tooth, have…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Eight Orphans of Double Tragedy Child Tries Vainly to Prevent Murder Man Kills Wife, Then Himself LEETON
Twelve-year-old June Gilbert this week told the police how she had struggled with her father for the gun with which he shot her mother and himself at Wattle Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assault and Theft Alleged. Police Make Arrests
Mrs. Edith Gibson, of Campbell Parade, Bondi, reported to the police that two men had attacked her in her home at 7.50 p.m. on Saturday, and stolen £7…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Invitation to a Murder."
A worthwhile picture, though it will not appeal to all audiences, Warner Brothers' "Invitation to a Murder," has in unusual and very well-presented…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Probate Court. (Before the Probate Judge, Mr. Justice Nicholas.) Retired Civil Servant's Will
Mr. James Bergin, a retired Civil servant, formerly of Thornley Avenue, Concord, who died in January last year, aged 84, left an estate of £1,836. By a will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Law Report. Causes in No. 3 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Street and jury.) Military Lorry in Colusion
The jury in the action brought by Marie Rose Hoy, of Cabramatta, against the Commonwealth of Australia returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £1,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smuggled Tea: Grocer Charged
Twenty-three chests of tea and 11,610 cigarillos, allegedly smuggled, were the basis of a charge brought in Newtown…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Theft of Whisky Alleged. 44 Dozen Bottles
James Scott, 24, storeman and John Gilmore, 25 milk carter, were committed for trial at the Central Court yesterday on charges of having stolen 44 dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Guard at Youths' Bedside
A police guard is being kept at the bedside of two youths who are in the Parramatta District Hospital suffering from bullet wounds which they received…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Silence in the Court
CONSTABLE (giving evidence at Central Court): He was standing in the exit entrance…
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