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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

34 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Three Months Gaol Stealing at Grose Vale Young Men in Trouble

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 3

BEFORE Mr. J. B. Gibson, P.M., and Messrs W. H. O'Brien and L.G. Best, Js.P., at Windsor Police Court last week, Cecil James Packer (19) and Sydney…

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Wilberforce Police Station

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 8

Mr. R. B. Walker, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Police Department: Dear sir,—With reference to representations made by you in relation…

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Charged with Cowardice Swimmers Watched Girl Drown the Late Miss Mary Henny Mr. Mulhall Incensed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 12

"IN this case the girl was in safety, whilst men who were good swimmers stood on the sand bank watching the other girl drowning. This…

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Deputies Denied Police Magistrate's Firm Stand Tenancy Case at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 6

"Elsie May Asher! Elsie May Asher! Elsie May Asher ! ! !" Shouted the constable at Windsor Police Court last week. But Elsie didn't appear…

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"Sooner Go to Gaol!" and He Went

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 4

MARTIN DUNN, junr., of Maraylya was journeying home from Windsor on Saturday afternoon, when he met with a; mishap along the Pitt Town-road. He was…

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Industrial Court Breach of the Award a Clarendon Farm

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 9

At the Richmond Industrial Court last week, William Cartwright proceeded against Lillian Naylor for a breach of the Industrial Award. Plaintiff alleged that the…

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Watchman, What of the Night? Alleged Assault in Company Remarkable Evidence of Mistaken Identity Alibi Proved-two Young Men Discharged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 1

CONFRONTED with a serious charge of assault in company, two young men were discharged at Windsor Police Court this week because of overwhelming evidence of mistaken identity. One thing Is certain, however-that there was a disturbance at the Main Roads Camp in McQuade Park, Windsor, some time after…

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Was It as Fair Fight? Sunday Fracas at East Kurrajong Returned Soldier Alleges Assault Sequel to Letter on Drowning Fatality

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 12

"WHATEVER the circumstances might have been the Court is of the opinion that the accused could not take the law into their own hands," declared the police magistrate at Windsor Court on Tuesday, when two young men were charged with a serious assault…

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Was the Court Fixed? (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 14

Sir,—In reference to the recent assault case, which your paper gave a most fair and impartial report, and in view of the fact that I have already brought this…

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Fined £10 Drunken Driver Case at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 1

JAMES CHALMERS (34), a driver for the Checker Cab Coy., appeared at Windsor Police Court on Monday on a charge of having driven a motor vehicle…

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"Picked Them Up" Missing Sulky Reins Charge of Stealing Proved

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 12

ALFRED PACKER appeared before Mr; J. B. Gibson, P.M., at Richmond Police Court on Tuesday to answer a charge of having fraudulently appropriated to his…

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Case That F Ailed Where Is the Missing Pump? Alleged Stealing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 14

JOHN KEN YON appeared before Mr. J. B. Gibson, P.M., at the Richmond Police Court on; Tuesday ' to answer a charge of knowingly having in his possession, in a…

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Some Snapshots At Richmond Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 2

Sergeant: What did you say? Witness: I never answered him. I just told him to go home. Sergeant: Was the pump handle you saw…

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Racecourse Theft Jockey Arrested Incident at Wiseman's Ferry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 11

CHARGED with stealing the sum of £3 from the person of James Richard Hennessy, at Wiseman's Ferry races on January 29, John Hardy, described himself as…

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Road Signs Can License Fee Be Charged? Council Seeks Opinion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 14

ACCORDING to Ald. Jenkyn, Windsor Council is losing much legitimate revenue in not charging a license fee for the erection of the numerous road…

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An Unmanageable Girl Immorality Suggested Police Effect Arrest

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 1

ARRESTED in a house off the Blacktown-road on Thursday afternoon of last week, Eleanor Elsie Young, aged 18, appeared before Messrs. Reg. G. Cookson and…

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"J. P." No Longer Case of Mrs. Best Minister Explains Police Constable Resigns

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 2

How Mr. Patrick Farley, ex-J.P., who figured prominently at the recent Parliamentary bribery inquiry, and Mrs. Best, ex-J.P., who is at present serving 12 months…

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Missing Material Stealing at Schofields Question of Identification Prosecution Fails

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 April 1927 · page 5

PARTICULARLY the whole day—with the exception of closed door cases—was taken up at Windsor Police Court on Monday with the hearing of a charge of alleged…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court Cases From Riverstone Storekeeper Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 10

BEFORE the Industrial Magistrate (Mr. J. B. Gibson) at Windsor Police Court last week, Inspector John Durack proceeded against J. J. McKenna on four charges,…

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Who Cut the Log? Alleged Timber Stealing at Sackville Case of Mistaken Identity

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 12

CONSIDERABLE interest was centred around a case of alleged timber stealing at Windsor Police Court last week when three men—Charles Henry Johnston, Henry…

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