In a Hurry Off to Hospital Ball Sequel in the Court
On the night of June 19, Frederick Harris was in his car, bound for Windsor, there to assist with exhibition dances at the hospital ball…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1928
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Sergeant Loomes the Court's Farewell Many Deserving Tributes
PRIOR to the commencement of the business at Windsor Police Court on Monday, opportunity was taken to bid an official farewell to First-Class Sergeant Loomes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"I'll Murder Him!" Threat Against Brother-in-law Family Squabble at Gunderman
ONE day last month Leslie Singleton went over to the home of his brother-in-law, Reginald Rolls, at Gunderman, a little settlement on the Hawkesbury River about ten…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder? Skeleton Case. Hawkesbury Mystery. What Doctors Found
WAS the man, whose skeleton was found last week in a cave in rough country about two miles from Brooklyn railway station, murdered?…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Job to Prove It!" Defendant Was Right Charge of Stealing Fails
ARRAIGNED in the dock at Richmond Police Court on Tuesday two young lads— Alired Charles Hillier (18) and John Mason (18)—were charged with stealing a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Play Poker!" Trouble in Railway Carriage Police Constable Shocked
"YOUR'E the vilest tongued man I've heard in the presence of women for years." That's what Constable Flint, told Albert…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Two Police!" Yardman's Alarm M F1tzroy Hotel Case Conflicting Evidence in Liquor Prosecution
BEFORE Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.M., at Windsor Police Court on Monday, Charles Nelson Whiteman, licensee of the Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor, was proceeded against for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Menace Night Driving Without Lights Windsor Police Active Warnings of No Avail
BREACHES of the Motor Traffic Regulations are entirely in the hands of the police, whereas horsedrawn vehicles come under the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"Handsome Sheik" Milk-oh Yodels a Home to Bits! Hilton Kemp's Blighted Love Story in Divorce Court
IN the pearly dawns, the musical yodelling of Carl Pratten goes echoing down the streets of Bellevue Hill. From a faint call, it rises in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Was She Caned? Father Tells School-teacher Off "Make Better Gaol, Warder"
"I ADMIT I called him a bully and a liar, and telling him that if he were a younger man, I would thrash him."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stall Holders Quarrel Trouble at Kurmond Police Court Sequel
RECENTLY the proprietors of roadside stalls at Kuromond, in the Kurrajong district, who are mostly orchardists, quarrelled among themselves as to which should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Cowardly Assault" Young Lad Attacked
WHEN Arthur Farlow failed to appear at Richmond Police Court on Tuesday to answer a charge of assault on George Richard Vincent, the case was heard ex parte…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Purnell Punched! Sequel to Street Fracas Assault Alleged Against Two Men Question of Identification
NO one—not even counsel for the defence denied that Jack Purnell, who hails from Hornsby, was punched—and pretty hard, too—when he came to Windsor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Where's Billy Walker?" an Early Day Court Case Defendant's Outburst
MISS DUNSTON, of Wilberforce, recently came across a copy of the "Hawkesbury Times," dated April 11, 1874, among her goods and chattels, and we reprint from…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Having a Night Out!" Car Party Visits Windsor Alleged Assault on Driver. Police Court Sequel
A CROWD of people congregated around the car. Someone said, "Who are you calling—mongrels?" The driver grabbed the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trap That Failed Alleged Stealing on Train "Only Having a Stickybeak."
JOHN ALFRED PUCKERIDGE was proceeded against at Windsor Police Court on Monday for stealing a parcel, containing fish and a pair of pyjamas, from a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Interfered with Police Indecent Language Charge
HERBERT LEWIN HILL appeared before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.M., at Richmond Police Court last week, charged with using" indecent language…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Interesting Evidence in Liquor Prosecutions AT 6.15! Police Raid on Fitzroy Hotel "Stand Your Ground; Don't Attempt to Escape." Licensee and Seven Young Men Before the Court
WHEN the police entered the Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor, at 6.15 p.m. on October 6 last, after hearing voices in the bar and being delayed some minutes at the back door of the premises, they discovered in a dimly-lighted parlor, congregated around the front door, seven young men trying to escape into the main…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Richmond Robbery Thief Captured Within 12 Hours Smart Work by Local Police
SMART work by the Richmond police resulted in the capture, with in 12 hours, of a thief who entered the residence of Mr. Harold Paull…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Rope Alleged Stealing at Clarendon Prosecution Fails
RAYMOND WALLWORK JAY was proceeded against before Mr. J. B. Gibson, S.M., at Windsor Police Court on Monday for having in his custody at…
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