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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

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Smashed Glass Doors Alleged Malicious Damage Case at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 3

THE adjourned case in which Albert Ford was charged with that he did at Windsor on December 7, 1935, maliciously damage three plate-glass doors, the property of…

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Neighbors' Quarrel Aired in Police Court Riverstone Assault Charge Fails

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 2

SIFTING a mass of contradictory evidence with an additional handicap in that one defendant had only an imperfect knowledge of English while the other spoke only…

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Indecent Language Newtown Resident Before Court Police Secure Conviction

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 5

FOR having so far forgotten himself as to pass certain obscene remarks to a police constable following a family disagreement in which the police were called in on…

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"Garryowen" Court Lighting Feature

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 2

Recently the newly electric lighted tennis court at "Garryowen," Comleroy Road, was officially switched on by Cr. R. A. Ziems, in the presence of very large gathering,…

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Licence Suspended Driving Under Influence Offender Before Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 11

A PLEA by his legal representative that his livelihood depended upon the retention of his licence did not save Archibald Cecil Davis from having his driver's licence…

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Rates Arrears Colo Shire Takes Action Judgments at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 3

THE first batch of prosecutions from among those laggard ratepayers selected for this attention by councillors in committee at the last meeting of the Colo Shire…

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Overloaded Sidecar Young Man Before Court Unusual Motor Traffic Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 3

FOR having trundled through Windsor on January 23 for carrying on a motor cycle outfit a human freight more commensurate with the caapcity of a 'bus, Kenneth Walter…

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Historic Value Windsor Relics Court House Fittings Removal Council Asks for Retention Ald. Gillespie's Motion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 1

THOUGH apparently not favoring any movement for the retention of the old gaol, Windsor Council at its meeting last week assumed a…

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Accused Sentenced Breaking & Entering & Stealing Windsor Case at Sessions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 3

CROWN Prosecutor (Mr. F. W. Berne), Judge Barton and Jury at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Monday, commended Maurice Brian Pulsford, of…

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The Regent "Murder in the Fleet"

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

Jean Parker got a preview of her latest screen role. She was a guest at the San Diego naval base when a wire called her hurriedly back to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer…

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Old Windsor the Silent Gaol Relic of Early Days

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 2

IN the bad old days when New South Wales was in its swaddling clothes, British law specified 150 different offences which were punishable by death…

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Royal Theatre, Windsor "Murder in the Fleet"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 12

Robert Taylor and Jean Parker share romance and thrills alike in Metrd-Goldwyn-Mayer's latest contribution to the new mystery film cycle, "Murder in the Fleet," which…

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Guardianship Religion of Three Orphans High Court's Decision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 3

The future guardianship of three orphans now in a convent in Queensland, was the subject of an application before the High Court of Australia on Tuesday, for special…

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Alleged Assault at Hawkesbury Races Verdict for Auctioneer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 11

NAMES and personages which loom large in the racing firmament figured at the Central Summons Court, Sydney, last week, when Clive Inglis, bloodstock…

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Negligent Driving Windsor Motorist Fined at Burwood Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 5

As a sequel to having been involved in a minor collision in turning from Parramatta-road into a side street in Haberfield on March 10 last a Windsor resident, John…

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Hobbs Millions Mentioned in Bankruptcy Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 4

Examined in the Bankruptcy Court last week in connection with the sequestration of his estate, Frederick Willis Greentree, of Seven Hills, told the Official Receiver that…

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Sent to Prison Horse Stealing Cases From Marsden Park Four Young Men Sentenced Lengthy Trial at Windsor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 1

AFTER hearing a number of charges, in which unusual interest was taken throughout the district, and which involved the most lengthy…

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Adulterated Food Two Successful Prosecutions at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 3

TWO charges under the Pure Foods Act of having sold adulterated milk and meat respectively were heard at the Windsor Police Court on Friday, each defendant…

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Disastrous Lapse Pickpocket Gets Twelve Months at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 14

REVERTING to his old ways at a recent Londonderry race meeting after a period of rectitude proved disastrous to a light-fingered gentleman at the Windsor Police…

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Identities Mixed Magistrate's Simple Solution Proves Unlucky for Defendant

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 3

AN attempt by a defendant to evade a charge of carrying firearms on a Sunday by a defence that he had not been charged with the offence, the summons having been…

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