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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

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Fruit Fly "Record Clean Season" Windsor Court Prosecution

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 3

IN addition to being the first district prosecution of its kind this season, a case at the Windsor Police Court on Friday, in which an orchardist was charged under the…

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Tote Betting. Three Offenders Fined Charges at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 3

WINDSOR and Riverstone were both represented at the Windsor Police Court on Friday in a line-up of amateur odds experts, who pleaded guilty to charges of…

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"Celebrating Christmas!" Leads to Language Charges Windsor Court Convictions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 2

HAVING interpreted the phrase, "A Merry Christmas," to literally, and become so "merry" that they allowed their festive feelings to overcome their good judgment as…

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Warm Welcome to Mr. E. S. Ginns, C.p.s. Windsor Court Function

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 2

A VERY pleasant little function took place prior to commencing formal business at the Windsor Police Court on Friday, When Mr. E. S. Ginns, who has succeeded…

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Stealing Charge Case From Riverstone "A Barefaced Theft!"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 10

WHAT the magistrate termed as "a barefaced theft" was the subject of a charge at the Windsor Police Court on Friday, when a Sydney visitor, Albert Curtin, pleading…

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Cutting Corners Further Prosecutions at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 5

UNDETERRED by the experience of other motorists who have committed the same offence at Windsor in the past, numbers of drivers still persist in cutting…

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Punt Diseases Act Grose Vale Grower Fined at Richmond Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 7

THE major portion of the sitting of the Richmond Police Court on Thursday of last week was taken up with the hearing of a prosecution under the Plant…

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Obdurate Tenant Owner Secures Ejectment Richmond Court Order

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 10

HAVING apparently failed by more pacific methods to induce a tenant—one, Thomas George Williams, of Richmond—to vacate the premises in dispute, Norah…

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Winning Wallop! Marsden Park Encounter Tale at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 6

THE truth of the old biblical injunction, "Ask, and thou shalt receive," was demonstrated in a case at the Windsor Police Court on Friday, when…

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Unusual Charge of Street Loitering at Windsor Court See Page 9. Street Loitering Unusual Windsor Case Young Man Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 1

A RATHER novel case, so far as Windsor is concerned, was heard in the Windsor Police Court on Friday, when a young man appeared before Mr. A. G…

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Cordial Welcome to New Sergeant at Richmond Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 11

A VERY pleasing little function took place at the termination of proceedings at the Richmond Police Court on Thursday, 30th ult., when a cordial official welcome to the…

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Distinguished Magistrate Mr. Marshal J. McMAHON Native of the Hawkesbury Retirement From the Bench

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 11

MR. MARSHAL JAMES McMAHON, formerly Chief Stipendiary Magistrate, and a native of the Hawkesbury/district, has entered on long service leave, prior to his…

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Windsor Honored Sitting of Land & Valuation Court Mr. Justice Pike Presides

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 3

WINDSOR was accorded a singular honor on Monday last when Mr. Justice Pike held a sitting of the Land and Valuation Court at the local court house. The court…

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Smart Capture of Burglars Has sequel in Court See Page 9. Smart Arrest Sequel at Windsor Court. Breaking & ENTERING, & Stealing Two Defendants Committed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 1

THE smart capture on a recent Saturday night in Terrace street, Windsor, of two men who were seen leaving a private residence after having…

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Interpreter Required Windsor Court Problem Adjournment Decided

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 2

OFFICERS of the Windsor Police Court Were confronted with an unusual difficulty on Friday in a case in which James Buchan charged Alex. Sharkoff and his wife…

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Industrial Breaches Baker to Pay £74. Convicted at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 7

AS the magistrate remarked in imposing the penalties, William E. Bourke, a North Richmond baker, will have good cause in future to remember…

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Land and Valuation Court Colo Shire Appeals (Before Mr. Justice Pike)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 5

In last issue we reported, six appeals against the Valuer-General's valuations in the Municipality of Windsor, which came up for hearing before Mr. Justice Pike, who…

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Collision Aftermath Damages Claim Successful Defence Witness Stood Down Case at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 6

FROM a mass of conflicting evidence regarding a collision between two cars on Windsor-road on April 29 of last year, Mr. A. G. Hardwick, S.M., was…

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Wiseman's Ferry Police Court Thursday, March 5, 1936 (Before Mr.A.G.Hardwickm S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 7

At the Wiseman's Ferry Police Court on Thursday, March 5, before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, S.M., Augustus John Harding was proceeded against under the Plant…

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Windsor Gaol More Than 100 Years Old Demolishers at Work

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 1

PRISON authorities last week commenced the work of demolishing the historic Windsor gaol, and many valuable relics were taken to Parramatta gaol. Old cedar doors,…

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