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, 1950

12,389 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Big Estates in Probate Court

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 3

Sydney philanthropist and welfare worker, Mrs. Ethel Knight Kelly, who died on September 22, left on estate of £51,002. MRS. KELLY, who lived at…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Big Estates in Probate Court

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 3

Sydney philanthropist and welfare worker, Mrs. Ethel Knight Kelly, who died on September 22, left an estate of £51,002. MRS. KELLY, who lived at…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

100 More Police Needed For Traffic Duties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 3

The Police Department has applied for 100 more police recruits, to be used exclusively for traffic duties…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Police key to safety on roads, says NRMA

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 7

Strong police enforcement of traffic regulations is the cornerstone of the safety structure and all other schemes are incidental, general secretary of the NRMA (Mr. H. E. Richards) said today…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Judge holds court in a little cottage

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 9

In the bedroom of a little cottage in Highland Avenue, Bankstown, yesterday afternoon, a judge, solicitors, short-hand writer and a pressman sat around the bed of a dangerously ill man to hear his…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

O'Keefe plea to Court goes on

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Wed. -- Mrs. Annie O'Keefe said tonight that she was too frightened of the future to withdraw her plea to the High Court for a declaration…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Police on Drink Charge Wild chase in taxi alleged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Wed.--A constable had acted as doorkeeper at a Campbellfield hotel after hours while another constable had drunk beer in…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Thrilling Tales of Action and Adventure Invisible Scarlet O'neil "It Was Murder"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 24

Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.

Continued on Trove, page 24 →

Thrilling Tales of Action and Adventure Invisible Scarlet O'neil "It Was Murder"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 24

Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.

Continued on Trove, page 24 →

Thrilling Tales of Action and Adventure Invisible Scarlet O'neil "It Was Murder"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 24

Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.

Continued on Trove, page 24 →

Thrilling Tales of Action and Adventure Invisible Scarlet O'neil "It Was Murder"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 24

Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.

Continued on Trove, page 24 →

Thrilling Tales of Action and Adventure Invisible Scarlet O'neil "It Was Murder"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 24

Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.

Continued on Trove, page 24 →

Thrilling Tales of Action and Adventure Invisible Scarlet O'neil "It Was Murder"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 24

Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.

Continued on Trove, page 24 →

Tale of Sin, a Dog, in Court Claim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday. -- Peter Dack, successfully claimed 15 guineas, with costs, for the "wages of…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Tali of Sin, a Dog, in Court Claim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday. -- Peter Dack, successfully claimed 15 guineas, with costs, for the "wages of…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Charges by Doctor's Wife Court Told of Bouts of Drinking

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 2

A DOCTOR, who, according to his wife, put pure alcohol into whisky "to give it a kick" and whose conduct made her a nervous wreck, was divorced…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Charges by Doctor's Wife Court Told of Bouts of Drinking

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 2

A DOCTOR, who, according to his wife, put pure alcohol into whisky "to give it a kick" and whose conduct made her a nervous wreck, was divorced…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Law Courts Reports Supreme Court Divorce (Before Mr. Acting Justice Toose)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 5

Decrees nisi: B. Quig v M. D. Quig; J. A. McKay v I. J. McKay; R. J. Magoffin v B. Magoffin; M. O. Holland v L. Holland; G. M…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Charges by Wife of Dr. Court Told of Bouts of Drinking

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 2

A DOCTOR, who, according to his wife, put pure alcohol into whisky "to give it a kick" and whose conduct made her a nervous wreck, was divorced…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Penrith Court (Before Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M.) Monday, December 19, Sunday Firearms

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 6

Arthur T. King was fined £1/10/-, costs 10/-, for carrying firearms in Park Road, Wallacia, on a Sunday. HANDS OFF HANDLE BAR…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →