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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

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Ingenious Truck Battery Claim Magistrate Unimpressed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 3

AN ingenious argument by a plaintiff at the Windsor Small Debts Court on July 31, to justify a claim for £6 as hire of a…

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Language Charge Discussing Military Police Defendant's Story

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 September 1942 · page 4

THAT much-maligned bedy, the military police, were, according to the defendant, the subject of certain lurid remarks in public…

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Further Fines for "Brownout" Breaches Motorists Before Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 September 1942 · page 1

ANOTHER lineup of motorists who had ignored the limit of 20 miles per hour after dark paid the penalty at the Windsor…

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Cyclists Fined Riding Without Lights Windsor Court Cases

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 September 1942 · page 2

THE appearance at the Windsor Police Court on August 28 of a number of cyclists to answer charges of riding without…

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Court Briefs Windsor, Friday, August 28 (Before Mr. C. Pickup, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 September 1942 · page 2

Clarence Mansfield Hayes pleaded Guilty to a charge of using indecent language, Sergeant Hayes stating that the offence occurred during the…

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Costly "Drunk" Fell Against Window Richmond Court Hearing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 September 1942 · page 5

MISCALCULATING the amount of "cargo" he could carry with safety, a gentleman who "went on the drunk" at…

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Police Chase After Robbery Suspect Two Youths Committed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 September 1942 · page 3

HOW three police constables chased a suspect half a mile to question him in connection with Kurrajong robbery was related…

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Good Advice Offered by Magistrate to Hotel Licensee

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 September 1942 · page 4

THE rather unusual course of tendering a word of advice to a new hotel licensee was taken by the magistrate at the Windsor…

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Gaol Sentence Pistol Possession Charge Fines Total £30

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 September 1942 · page 4

APPEARING at the Windsor Police Court on September 18 to answer six charges in respect of three loaded pistols found in his…

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Stiff Fines for Unlicensed Pistols Windsor Court Charges

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 September 1942 · page 4

PLEADING guilty to two separate charges of having an unlicensed pistol in his possession, a Riverstone resident was fined…

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Further Fines for "Brownout" Breaches Motorists Before Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 September 1942 · page 2

THAT the police supervision of "brownout" breaches has not relaxed in any way was indicated by a further list of charges…

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Court Briefs Windsor, Friday, Sept. 18 (Before Mr. C. Pickup, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 September 1942 · page 5

When the tenancy matter, F. Kassell v. C K. P. Worner (twice adjourned from previous courts) was called, there was no appearance of…

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Court Briefs Windsor, Friday, October 2 (Before Mr. C. Pickup, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 October 1942 · page 6

In a tenancy matter, Charles Matthews v. George Tuckwell, the tenant's wife was present, but there was no appearance of the applicant…

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Month's Gaol For. Stealing Bicycle Story of Ingratitude

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 October 1942 · page 4

HOW the defendant had stolen a bicycle after the owner had given him a job and loaned the machine to him to get to town…

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Theft Charge Taking Money From Shop Young Man Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 October 1942 · page 4

THE defence of a well-known young Kurmond resident charged at the Richmond Police Court on 9th inst. with stealing, that…

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Weak Rum Vendor Fined £15 Windsor Court Hearing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 October 1942 · page 2

PLEADING guilty to a charge of having sold adulterated rum, the former licensee of an hotel at Windsor was fined £15 by Mr…

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Charge Fails Sequel to Accident at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 October 1942 · page 2

FOLLOWING an accident on Penrith-road recently, when a car crashed into a fence, a motorist appeared at Richmond…

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Left £28,000 Former Windsor Butcher Equity Court Hearing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 October 1942 · page 1

IN Equity Court proceedings last Thursday, in which the family of the late Mr, Roy Bruce, owner of butchers' shops…

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Court Briefs Richmond, Friday, October 9 (Before Mr. C. Pickup, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 October 1942 · page 6

A tenancy matter, Robert Fell v, William Conlon, was postponed to the next court, owing to the illness of the applicant…

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Case Diferred Fair Rents Court Windsor Hearing

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

AFTER preliminary hearing of a Wilberforce application at Windsor Fair Rents Court on Friday, Mr. J. A, Harris, S.M…

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