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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

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Penrith Licensing Court Transfer of Licenses Applications Before Chairman

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 14

After a hearing which lasted eight days at the Penrith Licensing Court, Mr. W. M. LaidlaW, Chairman of the Licensing Board, granted an application for the…

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Wages Claim Wagga Contractor Sued Verdict at Windsor Court

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

AN aftermath of the recent construction of the Rickaby Creek bridge was staged in the Industrial Magistrate's Court, Windsor, on Friday, when A. G. Keyes, of…

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Interesting Court Proceedings Over Architeet's Fees See Page 8. Architect's Fees Windsor Business Man Sued "Implied Contract," Says S.M. Verdict for £20

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 1

"PROCEEDINGS which caused a great deal of interest were heard in the "Windsor Small Debts Court on Friday, July 31, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, S.M.,…

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Struck with a Stick? Cattai Resident's Successful Appeal From Conviction for Assault

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 August 1936 · page 12

A CASE of local interest came on for hearing before Judge Sheridan at the Quarter Sessions Police Court, Queen's Square, Sydney, on Tuesday, llth instant,…

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Unlicensed Driver Fined at Windsor Court Owner Also Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 August 1936 · page 5

THAT driving a motor vehicle while not being the holder of a driver's licence was an unwise procedure, even in exceptional circumstances,was pointed out by the…

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Pathetic Story Attempted Suicide Charge at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 September 1936 · page 15

A moving story of a young man's being driven to desperation by 18 years of continued illness, as a result of which he had been unable to follow his ordinary vocation during the last two years, and…

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Removing Turf Four Offenders Fined at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 September 1936 · page 14

CAUGHT a few days earlier at the popular early morning pastime of removing turf from Longneck Reserve, four men appeared at the Windsor Police Court on Friday on…

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Assault Charge Artarmon Incident Sequel at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 7

WHEN two ladies, one of them a former resident of Cattai and now residing at Kellyville—decided at Artarmon on a certain day in May last to remonstrate with…

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Stealing Wood Four Defendamts Fined at Richmond Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 September 1936 · page 5

THE ingenuous story of four defendants arraigned before the Richmond Police Court on Thursday of last week, on a charge of having stolen a quantity of wood from a…

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Traffic Breach Motor Cyclist Fined at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 October 1936 · page 12

WHEN a visiting motor cyclist was asked by a Windsor constable in George-street on an evening in August whether he had a rider's licence, he replied that he did…

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Fatal Injuries Motor Car Accident Student Charged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 October 1936 · page 4

FREDERICK JOHN McKELLAR, 24, of Riley-street, Penrith, died in the Nepean District Hospital on Sunday, as the result of injuries received in a motor car…

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Richmond Council Rejects Department's Police Paddock Offer See Page 6. Police Paddock Richmond Council's Decision Rejects Department's Offer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 October 1936 · page 1

AFTER a long series of more or less. heated discussions as to whether council should accept an offer by the Department of Lands to hand over to…

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Betting Offences Two District Residents Fined at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 9

AS a result of a flying visit by a police betting squad on a recent Saturday evening, two district residents—one from Riverstone and the other from Windsor—…

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Trouble Over Oranges Charge of Stealing Kurrajong Heights Orchard Young Man Convicted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 8

THAT he had suffered severely through people helping themselves to oranges growing on the trees in his orchard was alleged by Henry John Peck, orchardist, of…

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Cricketers' Mistake Leads to Court Charges on Licensed Premises

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 5

A mistaken impression as to what constituted a traveller under the provisions of the Liquor Act was responsible for an unlucky experience by two…

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Disputed Contract Plaintiff's Claim Succeeds Case at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 6

A DISPUTE between two Windsor residents, regarding certain work done in augmenting and adjusting the sewerage system of the Carrington Hotel, recently, was…

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In 84 Years No Recorded Conviction Unique Hotel Record Disclosed at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 6

THAT in the whole of the 84 years in which the historic Royal Hotel, Windsor, had been conducted as a hostelry and subject to the liquor laws there had never…

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Assault Charge Settled Out of Court Bilpin Residents Compromise

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 12

IN the matter of a charge of assault listed for hearing at the Windsor Police Court on Friday, in which two Bilpin residents were concerned, after a threatened…

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Indecent Behavior Two Young Men Fined at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 9

FOR having been guilty at a dance at the Rivoli Hall, Vineyard, on September 19, of behavior which they each subsequently ascribed as being due to "a few drinks", they…

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"Kilkenny Cats" Magistrate Expresses Exasperation Neighbors' "Piffling" Quarrel at Richmond Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 6

AFTER listening to an interminable recital by each party of the alleged misdoings of the other, in which at times the necessity of repeated refereeing of verbal…

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