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, 1945

6,591 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Soldier Gaoled for Sheet Theft

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 2

AT Parramatta Court today, Private Francis Stoyal Nelson (19), soldier, was sentenced to three months gaol for having received eight…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Soldier Gaoled for Sheet Theft

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 2

AT Parramatta Court today. Private Francis Stoyal Nelson (19), soldier, was sentenced to three months' gaol for having received eight…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Police Expect To Solve Crime New Clues In City Gun Shop Murder

The Sun · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 3

Detectives investigating the murder of Maurice Joseph Hannigan (68), who was battered to death…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Bound Over for Assault on Wife

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 2

Ronald George (35), waiter, 82 Jersey Rd., Paddington, was placed on a £30 bond for 12 months, when convicted at…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

S.m. Tips Gaol for Rail Thefts

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 4

MR. HAWKINS, S.M., said at Burwood Court today that if looting from public institutions did not stop, offenders must be sent to gaol…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

S.m. Tips Gaol for Rail Thefts

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 15

MR. HAWKINS, S.M., said at Burwood Court today that if looting from public institutions did not stop, offenders must be sent to gaol…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Gestapo murder in Belgian cellar

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 6

ARDENNES, Western Front, Sunday.--The village of Bande is a village of weeping. On Christmas Eve the Germans took away the young men…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Police Trace Woman

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 9

Police yesterday traced the young woman who fled from the house in which Stephen Henry…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Welly Sad Court Story

The Sun · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Charges of opium smoking against several Chinese, had to be adjourned today…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Goering's Court of Death

The Sun · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.--Marshal Goering is President of a special court of…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Walked To Police With Cut Throat

The Sun · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 5

After cutting his throat with a razor, a man left his home and walked towards a nearby police station before collapsing…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Police Funeral Today for Shot Constable

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 9

The funeral of Constable Eric George Bailey, 38, who was fatally shot at Blayney on Friday night, will be held today…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Police Search for U.s. Officer's Killer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 10

BRISBANE, Sunday.--Detectives are still seeking the killer of U.S. Lieut, Allan C. Middleton, who, was shot dead in a public lavatory on Thursday…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Detectives Shot in Redfern Fight Gunman's Death May Solve Shop Murder Mystery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 4

Detectives believe that Stephen Henry Cunningham, 24, who shot himself on Saturday after a gunfight with police, may have murdered Maurice Joseph Hannigan in a gunsmith's shop in King Street last…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Thief Locks Safe After £380 Theft

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 5

THE theft of £380 from a safe at the Ryan Hotel, Thirroul, has been reported to the police. Owner of the money is Mr…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Thief Locks Safe After £380 Theft

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 5

THE theft of £380 from a safe at the Ryan Hotel, Thirroul, has been reported to the police. Owner of the money is Mr…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Thief Locks Safe After £380 Theft

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 5

THE theft of £380 from a safe at the Ryan Hotel, Thirroul, has been reported to the police. Owner of the money is Mr…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Adjournment in Night Club Assault Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 3

GEORGE EDGER (26), clerk, was remanded at Central Court today until February 1 on a charge ol assaulting Clarence E. Jensen, U.S…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Adjournment in Night Club Assault Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 3

GEORGE EDGER (26), clerk, was remanded at Central Court today until February 1 on a charge of assaulting Clarence E. Jensen, U.S…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Murder Hunt in West

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 3

Inquiries info the murder of Maurice Joseph Hannigan (68), who was battered to…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →