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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

94 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 5

Man Fined £3 For Stealing Watermelons

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 3

EDWARD JOHN NOFFX was fined £3 by Mr Solling, S.m., in Windsor Court on Friday for having, at Cornwallis, on…

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Assault Alleged By Constable Magrath's Hill Fracas S.M. Disbelieves Defence

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 4

STATING bluntly that he did not believe the defendant or his witness, Mr. R. Soiling, S.M., at the Windsor Police Court on…

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Costly Melons Three For £3 At Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 4

THREE melons stolen by him at a Cornwallis farm recently proved costly to a defendant at the Windsor Police Court on…

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Unlicensed Pistol Soldier Sent to Gaol

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

THE explosion of a pistol in a 'bus at Clarendon led to the appearance of a young soldier at the Richmond Police Court on…

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3 Months' Gaol Unlicensed Revolver At Night

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 4

Andrew George Brown, of the A.I.F., was sentenced to 3 months' gaol by Mr R. Solling, S.M., in Richmond Court…

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False Pretences Charge Defendant "Given Chance" at Richmond Court

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

IN view of his previous good character and that he had made restitution, a defendant who appeared at the Richmond Police…

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Apparent Flaw in Local Government Act Diversion of Electricity Interesting Court Decision

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

THE interesting decision that under present local government regulations an owner or occupier is not necessarily liable for unlawful diversion of a council's electricity supply on his property was made by Mr. R. Soiling, S.M., at the Richmond Police…

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Committed for Trial on Burglary Charge Case From Riverstone

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

ALLEGED the police to have broken into and stolen from the Riverstone home of a woman with whom he had been…

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Defendant Given Benefit of Doubt Magistrate Dismisses III Treatment Charge

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 3

REMARKING that he must give the benefit of the doubt to the defendant, Mr R. Solling, S.M., Windsor Court on Friday dismissed two cases in which the R.S.P.C.A. proceeded against D. Phyllis for having ill treated horses at…

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Released On Bond On £375 Stealing Charge

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 2

Pleading guilty at Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Monday to a charge of having, at North Richmond on…

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In Front Of Police Station! Man's Indecent Behaviour Windsor Court Fine

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

A SOLDIER who had the poor judgment to select the front of the Richmond Police Station for an example of indecent…

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Was Court Decision Wrong? Discussion by Council Electricity Case

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 2

WHETHER, in dismissing a charge by the council against a consumer at a recent Richmond Court, the magistrate was aware…

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Court Briefs Richmond, Friday, April 6

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 6

When a matter under the Landlord and Tenant Act, Herbert J. Millington v. Willafred Connelly, was called, there was no appearance of the…

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Woman Fined for Stealing Scantees

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 3

Faith Sarah Williams was fined £5, with the alternative of 10 days gaol, by Mr R. Solling, S.M., in Windsor Court…

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2 Men to Stand Trial for Stealing Wire Netting

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 4

ELECTING, before Mr R. Solling, S.M., in Windsor Court on Friday, to have the matter go before a judge and jury, Linden Charles Crawford and Francis James Booker were each committed for trial at Parramatta Quarter Sessions…

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Windsor Court Cases Adjourned

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 4

On the application of Sgt Jorgenson, Mr R. Solling, S.M., in Windsor Court on Friday adjourned until April 27 the…

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1 GAOLED; 1 FINED Windsor Court Sequel to Forged Cheques

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 3

OUR cheques were the main exhibits in Windsor Court on Friday when Sidney Alfred Elliott, 18, and George William Andrew Bullock, 24, were each charged, before Mr R. Solling, S.M., on four counts of forgery concerning four…

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Six Months for Forgery Young Man Sent to Gaol Accomplice to Pay Fines

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 3

FOR having imposed on several Windsor businessmen by munns of forged cheques, two young men appeared before Mr. A!. Soiling, S.IML at the Windsor Police Court on April 13 on four [?] One was [?] to six months' hard labour on each [?] (sentences to be concurrent) and ordered to pay £17/10/…

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Court Briefs Windsor, Friday, April 13

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 4

A charge of negligent driving! against David Whitmore was, on the application of Mr. W. B. Walker (who appeared for the defendant)…

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Tracked Down Lorry. Police Story at Court Two Men Committed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 4

THE tracking by a police sergeant of a lorry alleged to have been used in stealing wire netting was mentioned in…

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