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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

72 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 4

Damages Judgment. Payment by Instalments Richmond Court Order

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 5

THE case at Richmond recently when a former tenant named Silk proceeded against Jessie and Elizabeth Loxton, of Grose Vale, for damages in respect of the…

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Unusual Defence Richmond Police Court Charge Driving Unregistered Vehicle

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 2

THAT the vehicle of which he had been in charge had broken its tow rope, and he was running it down a hill to overtake the towing vehicle when the constable…

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Assault Charge Follows Workmates' Clash One Defendant Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 12

A CASE which had apparently been awaited with a great deal of interest, for the public section of the court was packed throughout its hearing, was…

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Quaint "Revenge" Mentioned in Court Case Two Men Bound Over

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 7

GOING to a Kurrajong resident's property to recover a motor cycle belonging to one of them, and not finding it there, two young men took an article valued at over…

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Serious Charge Two Young Men Committed at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 5

THAT two local residents had offered to show a visitor around, led him to a secluded spot, and there punched and kicked him into unconsciousness before…

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Negligent Driving Charge Follows Street Accident Windsor Court Fine

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 12

FOLLOWING a collision which occurred between two motor vehicles in George-street, Windsor, on December 7, the driver of one vehicle was charged at the Windsor…

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No Lights Lineup at Windsor Court Further Fines Imposed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 8

FURTHER evidence of the close watch be­ing kept by Windsor police on vehicles used after dark without lights or with incomplete lighting systems was provided at…

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"Lying Swine" Woman Ordered From Court in Windsor Proceedings

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 6

ALLOWING her resentment to gain the better of her good judgment when a verdict was given against her husband, the defendant, by Mr. N…

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Plea Altered Indecent Behavior Charge at Windsor Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 7

PLEADING not guilty at the Windsor Police Court on Friday to a charge of indecent behavior, a Windsor resident, after po[?]ce evidence had been given, altered his…

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Wrong Licence Riverstone Motorist in Trouble Magistrate Disbelieves Story

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 6

ALLEGED by a police witness to have been seen driving a motor vehicle, and to have produced his brother's driving licence when asked whether he possessed a licence, a…

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Accused Sentenced at Parramatta Quarter Sessions Assault and Robbery

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 9

APPEARING at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, before Judge Shortland, on a charge of having assaulted and robbed Eric Dangar, engineer, of Glebe…

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Melodrama "Attack" by Constable Richmond Court Story

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 10

HAVING had fourteen days in the "cooler" to prepare their defence, from which one might be excused for expecting something particularly good in that line, three…

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Stealing Charge Story of Bicycle Purchase Fine at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 3

HAVING paid £2 in instalments on the purchase of a bicycle, and having been refused possession of the machine until he had paid the full amount of the agreed…

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Claim Contested Story of Alleged Loan Windsor Court Non-suit

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 3

CLAIMING to have loaned a former employee of her husband £15 in 1936; and only received £3 in repayment to date, a Paddington resident sued a well known…

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Dirty Room Kurrajong Butcher Fined at Richmond Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 March 1941 · page 12

PLEADING guilty at the Richmond Police Court on 6th instant, to a charge of having failed to keep clean a cool room at his shop, a Kurrajong butcher claimed that he…

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Butcher Fined Dirty Slaughtering Premises Windsor Court Proceedings

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 March 1941 · page 10

FOR having failed to maintain his slaughtering premises in a proper cleanly conditions a district butcher who pleaded guilty to the charge was fine £3 and cost by…

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"Under Influence" Motor Driver Before Court Fine of £10 Imposed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 3

An indiscretion in attempting to drive a car after polishing off half a bottle of wine landed a driver in trouble at Richmond on March 16, as a result of which he…

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Court Matters at Friday's Windsor Sitting Before Mr. C. Pickup, S.m

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 12

John Harrison pleaded guilty to a charge of having ridden a bicycle in Windsor without a light on the evening of 1st February. Constable Davis stated that at 7.53 p.m. on…

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Council Reports to Windsor Meeting Nuisance Referred to Police

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 2

AN intimation that dead animals had been dumped on a vacant allotment at Magrath's Hill on more than one occasion, constituting a nuisance to…

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Base Ingratitude Young Man Robs Benefactor Windsor Court Story

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 3

PROBABLY one of the worst examples of sheer ingratitude heard in the long history, of the Windsor Police Court was given on Friday last, when a…

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