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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

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Riverstone Claim Proceedings at Windsor Court Nominal. Damages Awarded

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 9

TWO well-known Riverstone identities were the parties in rather involved proceedings at the Windsor Small Debts Court on Friday, when Mr. S. J. Bliss, S.M., was…

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Theft of Car Youth Arrested After Search in Bush. Sentence Suspended

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

At Parramatta Police Court on Friday last, Douglas Barr, .19, fitter's labourer, pleaded guilty to a charge of having illegally used a motor car owned by Capper's…

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Rent Claim Verdict for Plaintiff at Windsor Court

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

THAT the fact that plaintiff had not called to collect his rent did not absolve defendant from his obligation to pay same was pointed out by Mr. s. J. Bliss S. M.,…

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Claim for Rent Trouble Over Cattle Lease Case at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 5

BEFORE Mr. S. J. Bliss, S. M., at the Richmond Small Debts Court on Friday, November 5, William Frederick Coleman proceeded against Robert Henry Turner for…

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Tenancy Matter at Windsor Police Court Order for Possession

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 December 1937 · page 1

CLAIMING in an application at the Windsor Police Court on Friday for leave to enter into possession, that the tenant owed six months' rent and had had ample notice…

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Magistrate Emphatic "Drunk and Disorderly" Charge Windsor Dependants Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 December 1937 · page 2

"IF the police want to put down this sort of thing they will find me quite ready and willing to assist them in putting it down," remarked Mr. S. J…

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Serious Charge Reduced to Simple Larceny Dependants Bound Over at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 December 1937 · page 3

PRESUMABLY impelled by the pangs of hunger which not infrequently accompany an exclusively alcoholic diet, two young Windsor residents on a recent evening took…

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Alleged Murder. Husband of Dead Woman Arrested

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 9 December 1937 · page 5

Dudley Lorraine O'Brien, 22, pastrycook, was charged in the Central Police Court on Monday last with having murdered his wife, Margrethe O'Brien,…

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Arrest of Husband Body in Bag Case Murder Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 4

DUDLEY LORRAINE O'BRIEN, 22, pastrycook, of Windsor, husband of Mrs. Margrethe O'Brien, 19, whose body was found in the Lake Parramatta…

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Illtreating Horse Prominent Resident Fined at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 10

PLEADING guilty, through a representative, at the Richmond Police Court on Friday, to two charges of ill-treating a horse, Harold Charles Matheson, of Grose Wold,…

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Offensive Behavior Riverstone "Larrikins" Fined at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 December 1937 · page 3

ALLEGED by the police as being regarded in Riverstone as "the larrikins of the town," two young defendants appeared before Mr. S. J. Bliss, S.M., at the Windsor…

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Negligent Driving Unlicensed Rider in Trouble Fined at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 December 1937 · page 4

CARELESS riding of a motor cycle at Windsor on October 3 resulted in Kelso Gilligan appearing before Mr. S. J. Bliss, S.M., at the Windsor Police Court on Friday…

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On Licensed Premises Offenders and Licensee Fined at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 December 1937 · page 12

BEING found on the licensed premises of the Royal Hotel, Windsor, on November 27 without lawful excuse resulted in relevant charges being preferred against…

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