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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

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

Fruit Thieves Orchardists' Heavy Loss Magistrate's Attitudes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 7

"THE orchardists of this district are losing thousands and thousands of pounds worth of fruit every year, and its' very hard to catch the…

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Discharged Alleged Assault and Robbery Suggestion of Imagination

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 8

BEFORE Mr. F. H. D. Sutherland, S.M., at Wiseman's Ferry Police Court on June 26, Bernard Clarence Bourne was charged with assault and robbery on Mary…

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"Deliberate Perjury!" Alleged Indecent Language Magistrate Believes Policeman Two Young Men Convicted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 July 1929 · page 7

NOTWITHSTANDING that three witnesses corroborated each other in practically every detail, the magistrate…

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"Speed Hogs!" Before Richmond Court One Fined a "Fiver."

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 July 1929 · page 1

THE number of "speed hogs" who appeared at Richmond Police Court on Tuesday exemplifies how prevalent this offence is in the district, and the police are to be…

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Discord at Schofields Indecent Language and Assault Charges Dismissed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 9

WHEN Jesse Goodwin went to the Schofields railway station on July 25, he noticed Arthur Mills seated in a sulky outside the platform. Greetings, in language…

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Had Lawful Excuse Alleged Trespass at Londonderry Case at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 3

Before Mr. Sutherland, S.M., at Richmond Police Court on Tuesday, William James Acason proceeded against James Brown and Thomas Green for entering enclosed lands…

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Hanged for Wife's Crime Windsor Memory Old Macquarie Gaol to Go

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 10

NOTHING was done by the citizens of Windsor some few years ago to preserve the Old Government House, an historic land mark in the…

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Arbitration Court Proposed Abolition Mr. Chifley's Criticism

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 5

The debate on the motion for the second reading of the Maritime Industries Bill, which seeks to abolish the present Arbitration Court, occupied a good deal of the time…

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"Over the Odds!" Police Supervision at Kurrajong Request for Permanent Officer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 12

IN view of the number of burglaries committed at Kurrajong, renewed efforts are being made to have a police constable permanently…

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Boxing Prohibited in Windsor by Local Aldermen See Page 3. Did He Fall or Was He Pushed? Fracas at North Richmond Assault Charge Fails

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 1

THERE was some "tall swearing" at the Richmond Police Court on Tuesday during a case in which Archie Tierney proceeded against Prosper Hayman for…

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Bow Street Police Court England Through an Austmiiaw's Eyes Where Justice Triumphs Over Time Article Five

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 5

HIS FEATURES were of the chubby, moonfaced type but no doubt it was the "downs" of a life devoid of any "ups" that had knocked them all askew…

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"Keep My Name Out" Police Court Reports the "Gazette's" Policy

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 4

As a newspaper we have a duty to our subscribers and the public generally. In the fulfilment of that obligation we often have the unenviable…

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Posed As Travellers Three Men Convicted Magistrate's Warning

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 5

"Have you been drinking this morning?" "I've had a few." "Well, don't you come here in a state of intoxication."…

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Wages Claim Work on Windsor Cottage Contractor at Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 10

CONSIDERABLE interest centred round a wages claim in the Industrial Court at Windsor on Monday. George Roland Streeter was the plaintiff, and Edward Rollinson…

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Japanese at Court Sequel to Road Smash Alleged Dangerous Driving

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 7

SEQUEL to an accident at Braeside picnic grounds, Rouse Hill, on Sunday, September 15, when five children received injuries as a result of being run over by a…

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Early in The Morning Police Raid Carrington Hotel Seven Men Found on Premises Two Bona-fide Lodgers—licensee & Others Convicted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 1

"THE early bird catches the worm!" Sergeant Morgan proved the truth of this adage on Sunday, October 6, when, in company with another officer, he entered the Carrington Hotel, Windsor, at 1.20 a.m. and found seven men on the licensed premises…

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Another Burglary at Woodhill's Kurrajong Store See Page 3. Kurrajong Burglary Woodhill's Store Again £50 Worth of Goods Stolen Thieves Came Back a Second Time

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 November 1929 · page 1

FOR the sixth time within a few years Woodhill's store at Kurrajong has been broken into, and goods to the value of £50 stolen…

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Motor Collision Sequel at Police Court Information Dismissed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 November 1929 · page 7

THE part heard case in which Charles Chong, a Japanese, of Campbell-street, Sydney was charged with driving a motor car in a manner dangerous to the public…

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£15/15/- Per Bushel What Beans Cost Car Party Incident on Windsor-road Heavy Pines at Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 3

WHEN a party of six men had an altercation with the driver of a lorry, laden with vegetables, about ten miles from Windsor on the…

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