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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

43 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 3

Stealing at Schofields

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 1

At Windsor Police Court on the 22nd ultimo, Ernest Alfred Evans was charged with stealing at Schofields on December 6, a watch, chain, sovereign case and sixpence…

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A Black Eye. Assault at Riverstone

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 1

Stewart Ellis appeared at Windsor Police Court on the 22nd ultimo in answer to a charge of unlawfully assaulting Arthur Samuel James Jenner, at Riverstone, on…

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A Grand Old Couple a "Merry" Xmas! High-jinks at Hart's Hall. Old Man's Rib Broken. Sequel at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 1

"Hart's' Hall, the Crystal Palace of Kurrajong, where the movie stars are seen in action on Saturday nights, was the scene of a general "dust up" at Christmastide, and…

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"I'll Go to Gaol!" Alsop's Alternative

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 5

Active and slim-built, with a face and close-cropped head that from their want of distinction would not, except perhaps to the phrenologist, command more than a…

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Gaol Inmates Increase in ''Dry" States Judgment by Figures

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 11

Practically, says the New York "Times," all the States having marked increases were among those that led the parade in the prohibition movement…

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"Slapped in the Face!" a Farewell "Flutter." Ends in the Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 5

Personalities flew in all directions at a farewell function held in Windsor in January last, when two members of the weaker sex got tangled up in a brief "box…

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Rouse Hill Police Station

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 5

Mr. R. B. Walker, M.L.A., Chairman of Committees, has received the following from the Under Secretary, Chief Secretary's Department:-…

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Our New P.m. Welcomed at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 11

After a lapse of several months, during which relieving magistrates have carried put the duty, the position of police magistrate for the large district which includes…

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Warning to Dairymen. Unclean Premises. Conviction at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 6

At Windsor Police Court on Monday, before Mr. C J. B. Helm, P.M,. and Messrs. J. B. Johnston and A. Matheson, Js.P, Inspector W A. Mackie proceeded against…

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Sackville Poisoning Case. Young Man Charged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 10

At Windsor Police Court on Thursday last week, Robert Everingham, aged 21, was brought up. Messrs. J. A. S. Balmain and J. J. McLeod, Js.P., were on the Bench…

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Sackville Poisoning Case. "I did It For A Joke." What Everingham told the Police. Coroner Commits for Murder

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 5

At the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Richard Adolphus Green, the Government Analyst stated that he had examined a bottle from which Green was said to have drunk tea and discovered that it contained 2oz. of alcoholic liquid, which appeared to be diluted wine, and 8.4…

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Race Parasites. Richmond's Harvest. What of the Police?

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 14

Provincial race trains and meetings are the stronghold of the parasite, and last Friday's pony meeting at Richmond was no exception to the rule. In addition to the…

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Dry Laws and Gaol. 2000 Years' Accumulated Sentences

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 5

In a statement issued by Representative Rogers, of Massachusetts, he alleges that liquor is being smuggled into the United States from the Bahamas at the rate of…

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Hunting the Scalers Deadheads on Railways. Cases at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 6

While the railways are groaning under the burden of hundreds of official and parliamentary "dead-heads," the unofficial dead-head is getting short shrift. The drive…

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ACQUITTED! Everingham Innocent. Sackville Murder Charge. "Only a Strong Suspicion."

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 June 1923 · page 3

Robert Everingham, who was committed for trial at the Coroner's Court, Windsor, on May 7, on a charge of having feloniously and maliciously murdered Richard Adolphus Green at Sackville North on April 11, was acquitted by Mr. Justice James at the Central Criminal Court on Monday…

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"Curse to the Orchardists." Pilfering at the Heights. Magistrate's Warning

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 5

"It's becoming a curse to the orchardists," declared Mr. H. J. Peck at Richmond. Police Court on Tuesday when referring to the week-end pilfering by city motorists…

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Fireworks at Kurrajong. Fruitgrowers Annoyed. Fines at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 5

"Boys will be boys" once remarked some old wisehead long, long ago—even before grandfather was a boy. And so they will, too. What would be the use of the youth…

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Murder and Sudden Death. Coroners' Strong Protest

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 July 1923 · page 9

The appallingly long list of murders, sudden death and blindness in the United States as the result of the enormous traffic in substitutes for standard liquors…

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A Serious Offence. Wilberforce Sensation. Young Girl. Assaulted. Father Charged with Crime

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 1

Public feeling in the Hawkesbury district was keenly excited last week over a recent happening at Wilberforce of a particularly atrocious nature…

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Storekeepers, Beware! Are Your Scales Stamped? Fines. at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 8

On April 26 last, Weights and Measures Inspector Degotardi paid an official visit to Riverstone, and, as a result, a number of local business men were, proceeded against…

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