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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

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Refused! Auctioneer's License Police Oppose Application

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 2

WHEN Keith Laurence O'Connor applied to Mr. A. G. Hardwick, S.M., at the Windsor Licensing Court on Friday for a renewal of his district auctioneers license…

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Stealing Charges Case From Kurrajong Heights Young Man Sent to Gaol

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 1

At the Windsor Police Court on Friday before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, ,S.M., Arthur Woods was charged With stealing at Kurrajong Heights between June 20 and 25 last…

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Riverstone Robbery Breaking and Entering Charge Smart Work by the Police Young Man Sent to Gaol

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 10

ARRAIGNED in the dock at the Windsor Police Court on Friday, Alan Milton Roach was charged before Mr, A. G. HardWick, S.M., with breaking and entering the…

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Police Officer Farewelled

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 3

Practically the whole of the people of Wiseman's 'Ferry and surrounding districts crowded into the Memorial Hall on Tuesday evening, June 26, to bid farewell to Sergeant…

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Richmond Police Court Thursday, June 28. (Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, S.m.) Indecent Language

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 1

John Patrick Riley was charged with using indecent language on June 23 in March-street, Richmond, and pleaded guilty. Constable McNamara, in stating the facts, said…

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Sergeant Dick Well-deserved Promotion Welcomed at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 12

BEFORE the commencement, of the business at the Richmond Police Court last week, opportunity was taken to extend a very cordial welcome to First-class…

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Insufficient Evidence Alleged Dangerous Driving Case at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 1

At the Richmond Police Court in April last a case came tip for hearing before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, S.M., in connection with a collision between two cars on the…

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Goods in Custody Stolen Cigarettes and Tobacco Case at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 6

FOR having in his possession on June 19 is quantity of (cigarettes, tobacco and cigarette papers, valued at £1, reasonably suspected of being stolen, Arthur John…

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Richmond Court Sequel to Kurrajong Dance Hall Disturbance See Page 9. Punched or Pushed? Disturbance at Kurrajong Trouble in a Dance Hall Four Men Appear at Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 1

ARISING out of a disturbance which took place at a dance held in Hart's Hall, Kurrajong, on .Saturday, June 2, in aid of the Agnes Banks Tennis Club, four young men…

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Charlie Priddeth Tells Tale of a Hard Trot! Court Decides Against Him Must 'Pay More Maintenance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 2

MATRIMONIAL court cases are sometimes marked by wearying atmosphere reflecting the contentious strife of unhappy domestic…

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Magistrate's Rebuke

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 1

THERE was quite a stir at the Richmond Police Court last week when a youth entered during the hearing of a case, and, leaning across the railing…

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Interstate Criminal Sentenced at Richmond Court Carried Offensive Weapon

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 2

DESCRIBED by the police as an interstate criminal, John Patrick Reilly pleaded guilty at the Richmond Police Court last week when charged with carrying an…

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Attempted Suicide Two Cases at Richmond Court Magistrate's Sympathy

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 5

"RARELY does a case of attempted suicide come before the police courts, so that it was a coincidence when two such charges were heard…

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Richmond Police Court Thursday, July 26, 1934 (Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick S.m.) Damaged a Cell Tub

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 7

BEFORE Mr. A. G. Hardwick, S.M., at the Richmond Police Court last week, William Francis O'Kelly pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness and to damaging…

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Auburn's Prize "Pug"! Described As "Regular Larrikin." Resisting and Assault Charges. "Must Behave in Windsor."

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 6

"APPARENTLY you're not a local lad, and I want you to realise that when you're in Windsor, at any rate, you must behave yourself…

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Under the Influence Motor Drivers Fined Cases at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 7

WHEN charged with driving a motor car in Windsor-street, Richmond, on July 5, whilst under the influence of intoxicating liquor, Robert Andrew McCutcheon pleaded…

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District Tennis Association Establishes Dangerous precedent Tennis Bombshell Trouble Over College Court Authorities Prevent Semi-final Being Played Affront to Association - Talk of Expulsion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 August 1934 · page 1

A MOVEMENT is on foot to expel the Hawkesbury Agricultural College from the Hawkesbury District Tennis Association, as a result of its action! last Saturday in preventing the A Grade semi-finial between Windsor and North Rich-mond being played on its court…

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Presumptuous Attitude of Hawkesbury Tennis Association See Page 3 Sheer Presumption! Tennis Association's Attitude Another Sensation Over the College Court "Gazette" Attacked for 'Unauthorised Statements'

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 August 1934 · page 1

AT a meeting of the management committee of the Hawkesbury District Tennis Association on Monday night, a resolution was passed, by a majority vote, "resenting the publication of unauthorised statements regarding the match, North Richmond v. Windsor, set down on the Hawkesbury Agricultural College court…

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Richmond Police Court Thursday, August 30, 1934 (Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 7

BEFORE Mr. A. G. Hardwick, S.M., at the Richmond Police Court last week, Ernest Slater was charged with being the occupier of premises in Windsor-street…

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Alleged Assault Early Morning Affray Charge by Night Watchman

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 8

AS the outcome of an early morning fracas at Richmond on August 4, Francis Thomas Cleary, farmer, of Pitt Town, appeared before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, S.M…

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