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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

49 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 3

Legality of Garbage Service is Decided by Test Case All Must Pay Windsor Garbage Service Council Wins Test Case at Court Verdict Involves Arrears to the Extent of £144

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 1

UNDER instructions from the Board of Health, the Windsor Council instituted a compulsory garbage service on April 1, 1929. The notices required by law were advertised, and personal notices were served on occupiers requiring them to provide proper garbage tins of a size and pattern approved by…

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Disputed Agreement Milk Companies at Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 10

BEFORE Mr. Justice Long Innes in the Equity Court, Sydney, this week, the hearing was commenced of the suit in which the Sydney Consumers' Milk and Ice…

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Dead Foal "Inquest" at Richmond Court Cruelty Charge Fails

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 7

TWO young men—Roland Byrnes and John Simmonds—were charged before Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland; S.M., at the Richmond Police Court on Tuesday, 26th ultimo,…

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Disobeyed Stop Signal Taxi-driver at Court Sequel to Racecourse Incident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 8

WHEN William David Cornish, a taxi driver, drove on to the Londonderry racecourse with a load of passengers on April 1, he was given the stop signal by…

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Alleged Fraud Receiving Relief Orders Two Men Sentenced

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 9

At the Richmond Court last week Leo Joseph McDouglass, 27, Arthur Samuel Hanchett, 30, and Ernest Wilmott, 56, were charged with receiving relief orders on…

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Brave Girl Helped Constable in Face of Mob Former Riverstone Resident Presentation by Police

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 8

AN old adage "Like father, like son," may,, with a slight change to "Like father, like daughter," be applied to Miss Winifred Crisp, the heroine in a recent serious brawl…

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Colo Shire Council Valuer Criticised Settled Appeals Out of Court Straying Stock Again!

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 7

THE regular monthly meeting of Colo Shire Council was held on Monday when the following were present:-The President (Cr. W. E. Bailey), and Councillors Alex…

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After the Dance Trouble at Marsden Park Young Man Alleges Assault

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 5

FREDERICK TEALE and Kenneth Alexander Bruce met on the road home from a dance at Marsden Park on June 6. They, met again at the Windsor Police…

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Trouble Over a Debt Alleged Larceny As a Bailee Two Women at Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. F. D. H, Sutherland, S.M., at Windsor Police Court on Monday, Julia Webster charged Florence Burden with being the bailee of certain property,…

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Hospital Row Sensational Aftermath Police Drama At. Penrith

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 6

STRANGE happenings at Penrith District Hospital, in which the police have figured^ sensationally, took another dramatic turn when…

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Got the Dole and Had Money in Savings Bank Young Imposter Sentenced

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 8

ALTHOUGH Harry Albert Smith (18) had a credit balance of £ 9 in the Government Savings Bank, he represented- himseli to the authorities at Parramatta Penrith…

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Ordered Beer and Ran Away with Wine Young Man Sent to Gaol

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 8

ARTEDUIR JOHNSON, of Riverstone, went into the parlor of the General Bourke Hotel, Parramatta, on July 13 and ordered two quarts of wine. When the wine was…

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First Legal Step Claim to Hobbs Millions Old Will Before Probate Court Important Developments Imminent

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 7

GREAT interest Was taken in an application made to Mr. Justice Harvey, in the Probate Court, Sydney, on Thursday of last week, on…

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Question of Tail-light Court Sequel to Collision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 2

WHILE Reuben Jones, of Auburn, was driving one of Mr. Cecil Hall's motor lorries, loaded with cauliflowers along Windsor-road, Model Farms, on the night…

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Old Wills Allegation of Theft Hobbs, Everingham, and Rose Millions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 1

Alleging that documents referring toy claims for the Hobbs, Everingham and Rose millions were stolen last week from the storeroom at her home at No. 2…

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Young Man Robs Poor Box in St. Matthew's Church See Page 3. Mean Thief Rgbs St. Matthew's Poor Box Disturbed at the Rectory Smart Capture by Police

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 1

WHEN Mrs. T. F. Campbell, of the Rectory, Windsor, found a well-dressed young man, a stranger, in one of the bedrooms of her home on…

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New Milk Bill Means Socialisation of Industry See Page 2. Wanted to Fight Trouble at Maroota Charge of Alleged Assault

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 1

AT Wiseman's Ferry Police Court on Friday, 28th ultimo, Joseph Leslie Gallagher, of Maroota, was charged before Mr. J. B. Scobie,. SM. with assaulting Richard…

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Trouble Over Agistment Case at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 8

A SMALL DEBTS matter in which Mary Hamlin proceeded against Thomas Greentree for the recovery of £5/17/-, alleged to be owing for agistment, was heard…

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Gruesome Exhibit Horse's Head in Court Alleged Destruction of Valuable Mare Claim for Damages Against Colo Shire Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 3

I THINK you had better take that outside. If a further inspection is desired I'll adjourn the Court." MR. J. B. SCOBIE, S.M., made this observation at the Windsor Small Debts Court on Wednesday when the decomposed head of a horse was produced…

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Always at Court Young Woman and Her Husband Charge of Alleged Assault

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 3

THE S.M.: I think I've seen these parties here before. Mr. Ronald B. Walker: They're here every court, your Worship…

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