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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

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"Hard Luck!" Magistrate Is Sympathetic at Richmond Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 10

HAVING ascertained from the defendant that he had not made any profit on a motor cycle he sold after being found riding it without a licence, Mr. S. J. Bliss,…

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Richmond Council Ambulance Site Accepted Reticulation Improvements Draining Police Paddock

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 8

AN official notification that council's , terms in respect of a block of land in Windsor-street for an ambulance station had been, accepted caused a good…

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No Licence Incautious Driver in Trouble at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 2

AS an indirect result of an error of judgment which landed his car on its side and himself in hospital, following which the police discovered that he had omitted…

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Pilferer Gaoled Promise to "Turn It In." at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 14

INABILLITY to keep his predatory fingers off other people's property a property appeared to be a chronic weakness with a defendant who pleaded guilty at the Windsor Police…

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Unauthorised Hose First Water Board Prosecution at Richmond Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 8

STATED to be the first prosecution of its kind at Richmond, a charge preferred by the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board against Vincent Harold…

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Hotel Rebuilding Owner Given Further Extension at Windsor Licensing Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 6

CLAIMING that he had been unable to arrange the necessary finance on reasonable terms to comply with the order, made in September, 1935, for the demolition and…

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Took Petrol Two Young Men Fined at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 6

STATING that, but for the favorable references of the police witness and the circumstances generally, he would have had no hesitation in sending the defendants to…

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Defendants' Story "Most Ingenious," Says Magistrate But Imposes Fines at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 10

AFTER hearing evidence in a case before the Windsor Police Court on Friday, in which Maxwell Allen, Leslie Thompson and Francis Alcorn pleaded not guilty to charges…

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Found Drinking Patrons and Licensee Fined at Wndsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 2

AS the result of a visit paid by the police on a recent Saturday night to the Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor, when two local residents were found in the act of appreciatively…

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"Pinched Beer!' Violence of Vineyard Visitors Related at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 16

"FIGHTS between visitors to dances at the Rivoli Hall, Vineyard, on two successive Saturday nights recently had their sequel at the Windsor Police Court on Friday, when…

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Hawkesbury District Residents Fined for Taxation Breaches See Pages 5 AND 10. Taxation Breaches Seven District Residents Fined at Richmond Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 1

FAILING to furnish various taxation returns when requested by the department to do so or to keep proper taxation records landed a number of district residents in…

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Upstairs Premises Ejectment Application Case at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 7

BEFORE Mr. S. J. Bliss, S.M., at the Windsor Police Court on Friday, Georgina Primrose applied for an ejectment order under the Landlord and Tenant Act,…

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Tenancy Matter Case From Riverstone at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 10

IN a tenancy matter before Mr. S. J. Bliss, S.M., at the Windsor Police Court on Friday, Frederick Liardet proceeded against George Wagner on an application…

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Carrying Firearms Ryde Visitor Fined at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 12

WHEN he was apprehended by a constable out in the wilds of Central Colo during Easter Week for carrying firearms on a Sunday, a Ryde visitor…

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"Playing Game" Unusual Charge Brings [?] at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 3

A rather novel charge, so far as Win is concerned, was heard at the Windsor Police Court on Friday, when several district" residents pleaded guilty to having…

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Fake Declaration Riverstone Relief Worker Fined at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 10

CHARGED with having wilfully made a false declaration with the object of securing relief work, Edward John Brunt, an elderly Riverstone resident, pleaded not…

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Stealing Charge Windsor Postman Bound Over "Skinned the Drawer."

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 5

HOW an unfortunate yielding to the temptation to take money from his cash drawer to wager on a dog that "couldn't lose" proved the downfall of a young…

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Detaining Horse Claims at Windsor Court Proceedings Adjourned

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 13

THE alleged detention of a horse led to a good deal of legal argument at the Windsor Police Court on Friday week, when John Mund charged Sid Madden with the…

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Bible "Reading" Windsor Police Court Committal Insanity Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 9

AN unusual appearance was included in the matters dealt with by Mr. S. J. Bliss, S.M., at the Windsor Police Court on Friday last, when a young man, who…

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Collision Claim Riverstone Driver Gets Damages Windsor Court Hearing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 6

AS an aftermath of a slight collision which occurred between a motor lorry and a car on the Windsor-road on the evening of November 3 last, Albert Ernest Day, of…

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