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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

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Fine For Stealing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 2

Pleading guilty at the Windsor Police Court on December 1 to a charge of stealing meat valued at 1/-, the property of the Riverstone…

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Alleged Stealing Youth Committed for Trial

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 4

KENNETH Williams, aged 18 years, was committed for trial on a charge of break, enter and steal by Mr. K. Soiling, S.M., at…

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Paltry Articles, Says S.m. Stealing Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 4

"P'M amazed how railway employees at Richmond are so solicitous of railway proper­ty. Their conduct should be…

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Travelled Without Ticket Pensioner Fined at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 3

STATED to have been warned previously on several occasions for similar offences, a pensioner who was charged at the…

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"Hot Dogs" On Train Get Man Into Hot Water Windsor Court Fine

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 2

DENYING that he had refused the guard's request to discontinue selling "hot dogs" on a train, a defendant was fined at…

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Gaming House Raid 19 Men Fined At Windsor Court

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 3

SEQUEL to a police raid on a house at Riverstone on January 19 was the appearance of 19 men in Windsor…

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Busy Year for Court at Richmond

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 2

A TOTAL of 132 cases was heard by magistrates in Richmond Court during 1944, according to the…

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Almost Went to Gaol Ex-resident Convicted. Stealing From Aerodrome

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 4

REMARKING that hart it not been for defendant's age he would have been sent to gaol, Mr. R. Soiling, S.M., at the…

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Court "Breeze" Magistrate's Curt Comment Case Ends Abruptly

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 6

AFTER hearing the evidence of the plaintiff and defendant and a witness in a trespass charge at the Richmond Police…

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£375 Theft Alleged Accused Is Remanded at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 2

A CHARGE of stealing, in which a sum of £375 was mentioned, was listed at the Richmond Police Court on February…

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Disgrace To Uniform Says Magistrate Soldiers Before Court Cafe Disturbance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 4

TELLING two soldiers they were a disgrace to their uniform. Mr. R. Soiling, S.M., at the Richmond Police Court on…

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Court Humour at Richmond Sitting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 1

THOUGH the staid proceedings at police courts are occasionally relieved with flashes of humour, it is seldom that a…

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Five Cases Adjourned Not Reached on List at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 5

OWING to the lengthy list of cases set down for hearing at the Richmond Court on February 9, five of these—civil cases and…

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Stopped Train With Emergency Brakes Elderly Man Before Court Caused by Good Spirits

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 3

AN elderly, bearded defendant who pleaded guilty to bringing a train to an emergency stop and otherwise misconducting himself…

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Six Months' Gaol on Stealing Charge Windsor Sentence

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 4

PLEADING guilty to a charge of having stolen a cart and harness, a defendant with an impressive list of previous…

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"Roll" Buried in Garden Police Court Story Man Committed for Trial

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 4

HOW a roll of notes totalling £355 was found buried in an hotel garden was related in the course of lengthy proceedings at…

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Stole Melons Young Men in Court Salutary Fines

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 6

SALUTARY fines of £3 each, for stealing melons, were imposed on two young men by Mr. R. Solling, S.M., at the Windsor…

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Given Bond "Good in Custody" Charge at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 3

IN view of the previous good record of a defendant before the Windsor Police Court on Februuary 16 on a "goods in custody"…

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Unlicensed Pistol Brings £20 Fine. Windsor Court Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 February 1945 · page 4

FOR having an unlicensed pistol in his possession, a youth who has a police "record" was fined £20 by Mr. R. Soiling, S.M…

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Assault on Constable Brought £2 FINE Court Sequel To Incident Near Hotel

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 3

AFTER remarking that he did not believe the stories told by the defendant or a witness for him, Mr R. Solling, S.M., in Windsor Court on Friday fined Sylvester John Ryan £2 for having assaulted a constable in the execution of his…

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