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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1896

127 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 6 of 7

Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 10 October 1896 · page 7

BEFORE Messrs Tuckerman, Pan. primrose, Dean, and Fitzpatrick, J s. P. TRESPASS Remand Potts and Butler pleaded…

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Richmond Police Court. Saturday, October 3

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 10 October 1896 · page 6

Before Messrs Cleeve. P.M., W. Mitchell, J. H. Dunston, E. Pitt, C. S. Guest, and H. Skuthorp. WELCOME. Before the Court opened the P.M. was…

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Burglary

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 17 October 1896 · page 12

Peter Tancred, John Williams, and John Egan, three youths were charged with breaking and entering at Riverstone, where various houses had been broken into and goods stolen therefrom…

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Windsor Police Court. FRIDAY, Oct. 9

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 17 October 1896 · page 14

Before Messrs J K Cleeve P.M., J. J. Fitzpatrick, T. Primrose, and W. H. Dean, Js.P. CRUELTY. John Hill was charged with cruelly ill-treating…

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Windsor District Court. Wednesday, Octobeb 14

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 17 October 1896 · page 8

Before His Honor Judge Murray. L H Simpson v A Woods, claim for £3 13/3. Mr McCaulley for defendant, who asserted that he was not given credit for £1 paid on account. Plaintiff said he…

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Windsor Licensing Court. Friday, October 9

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 17 October 1896 · page 14

Before Messrs Cleeve, Pitt, and Callaghan, L.M's Keziah Mawson applied for a publican's license for premises at Pitt Town. Mr Walker appeared for applicant. The application was objected to…

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Windsor Small Debts Court. Friday, October 9

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 17 October 1896 · page 14

Before Messrs Cleeve, P.M, Fitzpatrick, Primrose, and Dean, J's.P. Francis Jane Eggleton y. G Davis, claim £2, contribution towards cost of dividing fence. Mr…

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Bankruptcy Court. Before the District Registrar. Monday, October 12

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 17 October 1896 · page 14

The single meeting and public examination in the bankrupt estate of James Brown, of Rouse Hill, was initiated. Bankrupt stated that he had never kept any…

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Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 24 October 1896 · page 9

Before Messrs T Primrose and J J Fitzpatrick, J's.P. Herbert Rose was charged with absconding from his apprenticeship with Albert Hannabus on the…

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Richmond Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 24 October 1896 · page 11

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21. Before Messrs Holborow, W Mitchell, and A L Hough, J's.P. Joab Wilson was charged with neglecting to send a child to school the required number of days…

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Richmond Police Court. WEDNESDAY, October 28th

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 12

Before Messrs C S Guest and Col Holborow. J's.P. Peter McMahon was charged with removing wattle-bark of Crown land without lease or…

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Windsor Police Court. TUESDAY, October 27th. Before Messrs T Primrose, W H Dean, and J J Fitzpatrick

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 6

The absconding lad John Barber, who was charged, on remand from Tuesday week last, on running away from his employer at Clarke's Creek, was again brought before the bench, and handed…

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Richmond Police Court. WEDNESDAY, November 4th

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 7 November 1896 · page 11

Before Messrs C S Guest G B Bowen, and W Mitchell, J's.P. Oswald J Kelly v William Wall, for an assault on 26th Ocober, 1896…

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Windsor Police Court. FRIDAY, October 30th[?] Before Messrs Fitzpatrick, and Primrose, J's.P[?]

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 7 November 1896 · page 6

Samuel Dunning was charged with having a pick in his possession, the property of the Government, reasonably supposed to have been stolen…

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Richmond Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 14 November 1896 · page 12

WEDNESDAY, November II. (Before Messrs C S Guest and W Mitchell, J'.P. Frederick Lewis was charged with assaulting his father, Edward Lewis…

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Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 14 November 1896 · page 9

FRIDAY, November 6th, 1896. (Before Messrs T Primrose and J J Fitzpatrick. Annie Ruzerainski was charged with being drunk in George-street the previous evening…

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Windsor Police Court. Wednesday, November 11, 1896. (Before Messrs Fitzpatrick and Primrose, J's.P.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 14 November 1896 · page 12

victor Goodare was charged with stealing a boat, the property of Frederick Brooks, of Cattai. He had been arrested at Wiseman's Ferry by Constable Hatch, with the boat in his possession…

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Richmond Police Court. Wednesday, Nov. 18 Befere Messrs Guest and Mitchell, J's.P. ASSAULT

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 November 1896 · page 12

Septimus Ezzy v Alfred Dalton. Mr Campbell appeared for plaintiff. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Septimus Ezzy deposed that he was a labourer…

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Windsor Police Court. FRIDAY, November 13th

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 November 1896 · page 9

Before Messrs J K Cleeve, P.M., W H Dean, T Primrose, and J J Fitzpatrick, J's.P. James W Bird (on bail) was charged, on information of William Mellish, with forcibly…

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Windsor Small Debts Court. Friday, Nov. 13. (BEFORE Messrs Cleeve, P.M., Fitzpatrick and Dean. J's.P.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 November 1896 · page 9

W H O'Brien v D McKellar, junr., £2/5/9 for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for full amount and 5/-costs. P. Daley v A Arnold (garnishee J. Hall), claim…

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