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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1940

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Bab Judgment Behavior in Police Station Richmond Court Fine

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 7

THERE are many occasions, perhaps, on which a man may be guilty of offensive behavior and "get away with it," depending on the place and circumstances, but when…

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Case Adjourned to Secure Further Evidence Richmond Court Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4

AN oversight in the preparation of the police evidence in respect of a charge under the Motor Traffic Act at the Richmond Police Court on Friday, in omitting to…

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Plaintiff Non-suited Dispute Over Farming Agreement Windsor Court Hearing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 10

IN the Windsor Police Court on Friday, 22nd December, before Mr. C. Pickup, S.M., Richard Harold Butts worth, of Freeman's Reach-road, sued Brinsley Hall, of…

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Expensive Lesson Teaching Lady to Drive Leads to Court Fines

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 3

IT is perhaps a natural inclination for the average young man to at times allow his lady friend to share the joys of motoring by taking a turn at the wheel, under his…

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Supplying Liquor Licensee Placed on Bond at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 8

CLAIMING that two men stated by the police to have been found on his premises were his guests, and their presence, therefore, was quite lawful, a Windsor hotel…

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Took Car Man Before Windsor Court £10 Fine Imposed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 2

THE disappearance of a doctor's car from outside the Lewisham Hospital in December, and a subsequent motor smash near Pitt Town, had a sequel in the Windsor…

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Unregistered Dog Defendant Denies Responsibility Windsor Court Fine

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 3

STATING that the constable concerned did not ask him who owned the dog which formed the subject of the charge, and that he was no more responsible for the…

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Stealing Melons Fines at Windsor Court Annoyance to Farmers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 7

THAT the farmers of this district had quite enough troubles, considering the existing seasonal conditions, without being subjected to the additional annoyances and…

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Alleged Assault Charge From Rouse Hill Dismissed at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 3

AFTER hearing lengthy evidence in an assault charge in which two Rouse Hill residents were the principals, Mr. C Pickup, S.M., at the Windsor Police Court on…

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Stiff Fines for Unlicensed Wireless Sets Windsor Court Lineup

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 12

ONE of the biggest lists of charges relating to one particular offence yet seen at the Windsor Police Court in one session was featured on Friday last with respect to…

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Didn't Work Scheme for Easy Money Pine at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 12

APPARENTLY under the stimulus of alcohol, an enterprising Windsor resident recently hit upon a scheme for making money quickly by the simple expedient of…

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Selling Liquor Constable "Gained His Confidence" Fine at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 10

PERHAPS the first fine in the district for A "sly grog" selling—and certainly the first for many years past—was imposed at the Richmond Police Court on Friday, when a…

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Removing Timber Forestry Department Prosecutes at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 4

CUTTING and removing timber from an area of Crown land without the necessary permit, by a gang of men in this district, working for a Granville employer,…

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Bar Open Clarendon Licensee Fined at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 10

THAT, in view of the fact that this conviction was carrying a "mark" against defendant's licence, he would not take any action regarding a bond on which defendant…

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Former Riverstonian Police Officer Promoted Noted Sprinter in Youth

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 4

THE following clipping from the "Cumberland Argus" will prove of interest to many residents of the 'Riverstone district, where the subject of the reference, Sergeant…

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Assaulted Constable After Stealing Resident's .Bantams Offender Sent to Gaol

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 3

THE phrase "Well and favorably known to the police is one often used more or loss in jocular fashion, but at times can a hundred per cent, truth, as was…

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Three Men Committed on Schofields Barglary Charge See Page 7. ————— Schofields Burglary Three Defendants Committed Penalties on Other Charges

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 1

HOW the police diver discovered an office safe, with its contents intact, in 25 feet of water in Cattai Creek after it had been missing from Mr. H. P…

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Casual Custom Brings Young Man Trouble Windsor Court Appearance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 3

THE apparently established, but exceedingly casual, custom in this district of borrowing a friend's bicycle without even bothering to acquaint him of the fact…

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£10 Fine for Unlicensed Wireless Set Lineup at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 8

FOLLOWING a profitable tour of Windsor and district by radio inspectors recently, Mr. C. Pickup, S.M., held a "reception" at the Windsor Police Court on Friday, to…

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Unlicensed Sets 32 Defendants Pay £73 at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 12

ANOTHER "field day" for owners of unlicensed wireless sets was conducted by Mr. C. Pickup, S.M., on Friday, this time at the Richmond Police Court, where a list…

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