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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

113 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 4 of 6

Expensive Assault Richmond Man Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 August 1944 · page 2

PUNCHING another man proved an expensive indulgence to a Richmond resident at the sequel in the Richmond Police…

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Step-Son Fined £1 For Assault

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 16 August 1944 · page 4

Charged by his step-father, William Henry Blake, with assault, Arthur Nichols was fined £1, with…

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Girl Refutes Slander Takes Court Action

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 August 1944 · page 7

AN unusual damages claim, made by a girl to refute a slander allegedly begun by the defendant, was heard in the…

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Wild Doings At Londonderry Richmond Court Sequel

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 August 1944 · page 2

DESPERATE doings at a pensioner's home at Londonderry recently resulted in his stepson —also well past his first youth…

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Bigamy Charge Soldier Committed Richmond Court Hearing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 August 1944 · page 6

STATED to have admitted that he went through a form of marriage with another woman while his legal wife was still…

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Court Briefs Richmond, Friday, Aug. 11 (Before Mr. R. Soiling, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 August 1944 · page 7

Eileen Williams did not appear to answer a charge under the Motor Traffic Act, and, on the application of Sergeant Charlton, the matter…

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"Negligent Driving" Charge Dismissed by Magistrate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 August 1944 · page 4

WITHOUT requiring any evidence the defence, Mr. R. Soiling, S.M., at the Windsor Police Court on August 11, at…

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Sent To Gaol For Vagrancy "Hobo," Says S.M.

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 August 1944 · page 3

PLEADING guilty to a charge of vagrancy, a defendant was classed as a "hobo" by Mr. R. Boiling, S.M,. at the Windsor…

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Gaol Term For Bigamy

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 6

"IF I let this man off, I could never send another man to gaol." said Judge Shortland, at Parrarnatta Quarter Sessions on Monday,…

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Court Cases Settled

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 3

When, a tenancy matter, Agnes Mossman v. Mrs. Coleman, was called at the Windsor Court on 1st September, Mr; W. B. Walker…

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"Ladies' Day" Windsor Court Fines Railway Prosecutions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 4

"LOOKS like ladies' day," remarked Mr. K. Soiling, S.M., after dealing with the fourth female defendant in a series of…

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Another Court Lineup More "Heading 'Em" Addicts Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 4

ANOTHER lineup of defendant playing "heading 'em" took place at the Windsor Police Court on 1st September, and…

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Short Session Richmond Police Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 September 1944 · page 2

ALTHOUGH six matters were listed for hearing at the Ricdmond Police Court on September 8, the session lasted only…

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REMANDED On Stealing Charges

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 September 1944 · page 6

AN application, by a defendant facing two charges of stealing, for a remand to the next court was granted by Mr. R…

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Months' Gaol for Vagrancy

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 4 October 1944 · page 2

Alfred Fernie was sentenced to three months gaol by Mr R. Solling, S.M. in Windsor Court, on Friday for having,…

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Three Stealing Charges 2 £5 Fines: £20 Bond For Man

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 4 October 1944 · page 3

Alfred Charles Lavender was fined £5 by Mr R. Solling, S.M., in Windsor Court, on Friday on each…

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Three Stealing Charges Windsor Court Hearing Two Fines and Bond

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 October 1944 · page 4

ON three stealing charges, to which he pleaded guilty, a defendant was fined £5 on each of two of the charges, and placed…

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Court Charges Successful Cost Pig Keeper £28 Council Prosecution

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 October 1944 · page 1

AFTER hearing evidence in five Charges by the Colo Shire Council against a pig keeper, at the Windsor Police Court on…

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Hard for Both Parties Magistrate On Tenancy Case

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 3

Remarking that it was a case in which both parties appeared to be suffering equal hardship, Mr R…

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Ceiling Price of Oranges Commission Charged With Breach Of Arrangement

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 1

A meeting of the N.S.W. Citrus Growers' Executive Committee in Sydney decided that the non-inclusion of navels and other oranges in the recent increase of market ceiling prices of 3/- a caes was a serious breach of…

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