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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

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Man Fined £5 Theft Of Purse From Dancer

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 2

Ernest James Byrnes was fined £5 by Mr R. Solling, S.M., in Windsor Court on Friday for having, at Riverstone, on…

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Human Skulls Found in Police Car

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 2

TWO human skulls, two silk top hats, two old rifles and two swords In their scabbards constituted the queer contents of two large sacks opened by police officers. The sacks were carried by…

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Unlicensed Hawker Fined at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 May 1945 · page 4

PEDDLING mosquito nets around Riverstone without first having obtained a hawker's licence cost the offender a £2…

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Stole Purse Riverstone Resident Fined at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 May 1945 · page 2

FOR having stolen a lady's handbag at a Riverstone function, a defendant, who slated that he was intoxicated at the…

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Long Court List At Richmond

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 4

The list at Richmond Court on Friday was the longest for some years, and several cases could not be reached…

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Petrol "Racket" Alleged "Fines No Effect," Says S. M. Four Men Get Gaol Sentences

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 3

AFTER hearing a police description of an alleged "racket" in the sale of stolen aviation spirit from the Richmond Air Station, Mr. R. Soiling, S.M., at the Richmond Police Court on Friday remarked that apparently fines for stealing from the Air…

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Three Months' Gaol Petrol Stealing Conviction Air Force N.c.o. in Trouble

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 4

AFTER a lengthy hearing at the Windsor Police Court on May 18, an Air Force sergeant was convicted by Mr. R. Soiling, S.M., on a charge of stealing aviation spirit, and a sentence of three months' imprisonment was imposed. The magistrate…

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Magistrate's Order In Tenancy Application

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 3

In Windsor Court on Friday, Mr R. Soiling, S.M., ordered Lew Corrick to vacate premises owned by Vivian Blundell in…

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Took Wrong Bicycle Soldier Before Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 3

AN explanation that he had taken the wrong bicycle by mistake did not avoid a £5 fine for a soldier charged at the…

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

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 3

A tenancy matter, Zethan Y. McMahon v. Mrs. E. Turner, was adjourned to the next court, as it could not be reached on the list…

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Ran a Way When Official Approached Court Allegation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 4

THAT a man who had allegedly trespassed on railway property had run away when he saw a railway official approaching him…

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Court Briefs Windsor, Friday, May 18 (Before Mr. R. Soiling, S,M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 4

A charge against Hilton J. Simmons, of negligent driving, was adjourned to the next court on June 1, as it could not be reached on that…

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Wild Session Leads to Assault Charges Kurrajong Capers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 6

AN alleged attempt by a tenant to sit his landlord on a hot stove, while the tenant's wife struggled with another man for…

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"Lucky Not to Get Gaol" Airman On Goods In Custody Charge

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 3

"AGAINST my better judgment I will inflict a fine. You are lucky you did not get a straight gaol sentence,…

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Court Orders Tenant From Premises

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 6

In Richmond Court on Friday, Mr lt. Solling, S.M., ordered that Mrs Emily Taylor vacate premises in Tennyson Rd,…

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Incidents in Kurrajong Flat Had Court Sequel

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 3

INCIDENTS alleged to have occurred in flats at Kurrajong on March 16 had a sequel tn Richmond Court on Friday when Merlin Herbert Hungerford charged Arthur Lovell Hodge, an Air Force man, with, assault. Hodge proceeded…

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One Month's Gaol Etrol "Receiving" Charge Windsor Court Hearing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 3

ANOTHER of the recent series of charges of "receiving" Air Force petrol was heard at the Windsor Police Court on June…

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Remand on Stealing Charge

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 4

Mr R. Solling, S.M., in Windsor Court on Friday remanded William Henry Leonard until June 29 on a charge of having…

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Month's Gaol For Receiving Stolen Petrol

Hawkesbury Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 3

FOR having, on felarch 30, received four gallons of aviation spirit, the property of the Commonwealth, knowing it to be stolen, Alexander Christie was sentenced to one month's gaol by Mr R. Solling, S.M., in Windsor Court on Friday…

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"Lucky," Says Magistrate Airman Gets £10 Fine Goods in Custody

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 4

IMPOSING a fine of £10 on an airman in a "goods in custody" charge at the Richmond Police Court on June 8, Mr. R. Solling…

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