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, 1941

6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 250

Mystery of the Week Too old at seventy and So to Murder, by Carter Dickson. London: Heinemann

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 4

WITH a chill, autumnal shiver I note that rotund, vehement Sir Henry Merivale, Chief of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Cause in No. 2 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Herron and jury.) Verdict for £700

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 8

Norman Cooper aged 15 years of Gymea Bay, by his next friend, sued Henry Ernert Penfold, of Sutherland, for damages for personal injuries received…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Causes in No. 5 COURT. Before Mr. Acting Justice K. A. Ferguson and Jury. Verdict for £197

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 8

Leonard Norse I'Anson was awarded £197/6/5 against Vernon Patuck O'Gorman and Nonnan Culnane for injuries caused to the plaintiff in consequence…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Mrs. Saywell Charged with Adultery

Truth · Sunday 11 May 1941 · page 23

Frank Horace Saywell, wealthy Castlereagh Street dentist, will allege in his forthcoming divorce suit that Mrs. Muriel Mindin Saywell lived for some weeks last year at the Saywell home, Albyn Road, Strathfield, with…

Continued on Trove, page 23 →

Alleged Assault At National Pk. Picnic

Truth · Sunday 11 May 1941 · page 33

Picnic time in National Park—a boy and a girl—a walk through the bush! That was the first chapter of happenings now being detailed in Kogarah Court where a 22-years-old telephone worker is accused of a serious…

Continued on Trove, page 33 →

Military Police Question Parson

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 May 1941 · page 10

CANBERRA, Saturday. -- Military intelligence officers have questioned a clergyman who said that the Acting-Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) had…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Judge Flays Home Wrecker At Murder Trial

Truth · Sunday 11 May 1941 · page 14

"YOU may think that a scrub bull, or a village tomcat, is a good description of this man Thompson, and that his attitude is worthy of the greatest contempt, and that…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Police to Regain Rest Days

The Sun · Sunday 11 May 1941 · page 5

AFTER nearly a year, the police have had their rest day restored. "And that means that if men are…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Girl's "Lines" Aided Police PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 11 May 1941 · page 8

"I must not talk in school...I must not talk in school...I must not talk in school...I must not talk in school…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Police prevent silent appeal to electors

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 May 1941 · page 2

JUNEE, Saturday. -- Police and a Returning Officer prevented Dr. Ronald Cuttle, Independent candidate for Wagga, making a silent appeal to electors near Junee polling booth today…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Alleged Shop Fraud: Police Charge Fails

Truth · Sunday 11 May 1941 · page 22

BECAUSE a woman had stolen her husband, Olga Eva Broughton, of Mosman, who until recently, lived at Vaucluse, obtained goods by false pretences from a city store with the intention of making the other woman pay…

Continued on Trove, page 22 →

On Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 5

BRIAN JOHN TURNER (15), who has been charged with the murder of 77-year-old boot maker, William Thomas Halse…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

On Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 5

BRIAN JOHN TURNER (15),who has been charged with the murder of 77-year-old boot maker. William Thomas Halse…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Flying-Squad Trailing Theft Gangs LONDON

The Sun · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 6

A flying-squad of detectives is searching the East End of London for a secret warehouse, believed to be the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Court Outcry by Woman

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 18

"There doesn't seem to be any honor or justice here. I have been told you don't come to the Supreme Court for justice. You…

Continued on Trove, page 18 →

Court kept Him team His Beautiful Bombs

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--"My work should come first. While I have been hero I. could have made 500 beautiful bombs"…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Charged with Stealing 930lb. TOBACCO

The Sun · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 7

William James Price, 24, in military uniform, was charged before Mr. Wilkinson, S.M., at the Central Court to-day, with having on May…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Tailor Charged with Murder

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--The hearing commenced at Maitland Circuit Court today of a charge against Joseph Charnock (63), of…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Tailor Charged with Murder

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--The hearing commenced at Maitland Circuit Court today of a charge against Joseph Charnock (63), of…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Tailor Charged with Murder

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--The hearing commenced at Maitland Circuit Court today of a charge, against Joseph Charnock (63), of…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →