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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

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Convicted "Goods in Custody" Charge Richmond Court Hearing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 2

THE adventures of a railway lantern were related at proceedings at the Richmond Police Court on Friday, when a young…

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Milk Froze Gave Poor Sample Richmond Court Fine

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 4

ANOTHER of those numerous stances where allowing milk to freeze in a container landed a cafe proprietor in trouble was…

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Month's Gaol for Assaulting Constable Windsor Court Sentence

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 January 1943 · page 2

PLEADING guilty to a charge of assaulting a police constable, and stating that he was drank at the time and did not remember…

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"Blue" Artist Police Description at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 January 1943 · page 4

THE dual personality of a defendant who was prone to "put on a blue" anywhere after one drink, although normally quiet…

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"Peacemaker" But Not Blessed Magistrate Sceptical

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 4

The story of a defendant, charged with inciting a person to resist arrest, and with using indecent language, that he had been…

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Adjourned Claim for Exemption at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 5

AN unusual circumstance attended the calling at Windsor Court on Friday of an application for military exemption, in that…

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Concluded Marathon Eviction Proceedings at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 2

ADJOURNED from several previous courts, a Riverstone application for an order for possession was finally granted at…

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Two Claims for Hospital Fees Court Gives Judgment

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 4

TWO further claims by the hospital hoard for outstanding hospital fees came before the Windsor Small Debts Court on…

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Railway Raid Passengers Before Court on Various Charges

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 6

AS a result off a visit to Riverstone by special officers of the Department of Railways on the morning of November 18, twenty…

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Lifted Court's Gaol Sentence Fine Substituted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 2

AN appeal by a Windsor resident against a sentence of a month's imprisonment for assaulting a constable was heard…

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Dismissed Adjourned Stealing Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 6

ALREADY adjourned on one occasion by the reason of nonattendance of the complainant, a stealing charge on information…

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No Excuse Plea of Drunkenness Stealing Charges

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 4

AS an excuse for stealing, a plea of drunkenness was "an easy way out," and in his opinion those who stole while drunk…

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"Mark" Lifted by Appeals Court Hotel Application

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 2

A CONVICTION of a local hotel licensee for allowing betting on licensed premises was the subject of an appeal at the…

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Smash Sequel £50 Compensation Awarded at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 2

AS a sequel to an accident on Windsor-road in August last, when a car smashed into the rear of a sulky carrying a man…

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Costly Error Regarding Old Posts Windsor Court Fine

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 3

HAVING cut and removed a number of posts which he stated he thought were discarded and unwanted, a well-known…

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Nasty Temper Results in Convictions at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 4

WHEN his aggressiveness was dampened by a householder with a hose, a defendant who appeared before the Richmond…

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Habit? Using Bad Language Magistrate's Theory

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1943 · page 4

THE theory that the defendant might be so accustomed to using bad language as not to notice himself doing so was…

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Court Briefs Richmond, Friday, Feb.5 (Before Mr. C. Pickup, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1943 · page 4

In the matter of William H. Morgan v. Roy Richard Robertson (alleged stealing), Mr. W. B. Walker, who appeared for the complainant…

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Assault Charge Adjourned

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 6

When George Davis, senr., was charged at the Windsor Police Court on February 26 with having, at Windsor on February 22, unlawfully…

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New Provision Invoked in Court But Not Applicable

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 1

THE first of its type in this district, an interesting case under a new wartime section designed for members of the…

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