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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

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Negligent Driving Backed Into Vehicle Wi Windsor Court Fine

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 3

PLEADING guilty at the Windsor Police Court on Friday to a charge of driving in a negligent manner, a defendant, stated to…

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Stealing Charge Young Woman in Court Put on Bond

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 6

THE disappearance of a lady's frock from an hotel at Windsor resulted in the appearance of a young woman at the…

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S.m. Puzzled Police Court Charge Unusual Suggestion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 1

COMMENTING that there was a "remarkable discrepancy" in the evidence in a traffic charge at the Windor Police…

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Heavy Fines Fob Stealing Petrol "Valuable," Says S.m

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 6

"PETROL is valuable at the present time," remarked Mr. C. Pickup, S.M., at the Windsor Police Court on…

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Court Verdict Hospital Board Succeeds with First Prosecution

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 3

FOLLOWING the recent decision of the board of directors of the Hawkesbury District Hospital to issue summonses…

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Another Reduction by Fair Rents Court Windsor Hearing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 6

THE second hearing of its kind in this district, an application to the Fair Rents Court at Windsor on Friday…

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Asked for It Defendant Before Court on Three Charges

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 4

TO go to a police station while in a state of intoxication, and there kick up a rumpus generally, is literally "asking for…

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Court Briefs Richmond, Friday, March 6 (Before Mr. C. Pickup, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 4

A charge of negligent driving, against Thomas C. Easterbrook, was, owing to its not being reached on the list that day, adjourned to a…

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Stole Bacon Riverstone Man Fined Warned by Magistrate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 2

HAVING admitted stealing a quantity of bacon from his former employers, a Riverstone resident was fined at the…

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Ill-treated Pony Young Man Charged Fined for Cruelty

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 3

EVIDENCE of gross illtreatment of a pony, which it was stated defendant rode to Riverstone, was given at the…

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Stealing Charge First Offender on Bond Windsor Proceedings

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1942 · page 3

PLEADING guilty to a charge of stealing from his employer, a "first offender" was sentenced to one month's…

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Court Briefs Windsor, Friday, March 27

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1942 · page 3

When a tenancy matter, Robert Fell v. Keith H. Johnston, was called, there was no appearance of the parties, and the matter was struck…

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'Pushing' Ways Soldiers Before Court Upset Constable

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 April 1942 · page 3

STATED to have twice pushed a constable over a row of seats when he attempted to remove them from a theatre…

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Mixed Success Exemption Applications at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 April 1942 · page 2

A NUMBER of applicants for exemption from military training lined up hopefully at the Windsor Court of Petty…

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Bumped Bicycle Motor Cyclist Charged Unusual Incident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 2

FOLLOWING an unusual incident on the Windsor-road when a motor cycle and bicycle, both travelling in the same…

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Exemption Claim at Richmond Court Two Months Allowed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 6

AN application by a Richmond resident at the last Court of Petty Sessions at Richmond on 10th inst., for exemption from…

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Court Briefs Richmond, Friday, April 10. (Before Mr. C. Pickup, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 May 1942 · page 4

In the matter of Mona P. Kent v. Paul Desmond Kent (alleged assault), there was no appearance of the parties, and the charge was…

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Court Briefs Windsor, Friday, April

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1942 · page 3

When the tenancy matter, F[?] Miles, was called, Fell anno[?] that the tenant had vacated th[?]mises on the previous evening…

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Labor Shortage Windsor Court Comment "Difficult Position"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1942 · page 1

THE position now causing somewhat belated concern, in which the drainage of rural manpower into the military…

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Assault Charges Against Three Airmen by Richmond Resident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 3

EVIDENCE alleging a particularly cowardly and brutal assault by three airmen on a well-known Richmond resident…

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