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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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"Brazen Theft" Says S.M. Four Months' Gaol Sentence

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 1

PLEADING guilty to a charge of stealing motor tyres, a defendant was sentenced to four months gaol by Mr. H. L…

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Garageman's Dash After Stolen Car Thief Sent to Gaol Richmond Court Sentence

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 8

ABOUT 1.30 p.m. on December 5 last Mr. Gordon Thomas, garage proprietor, of Richmond, noticed a car drive off from outside…

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Stole From Relative Three Months' Gaol Case From Kurrajong

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 9

AT the Richmond Police Court last week Alwyn John Smith was sentenced to three months' hard labour for having stolen £16 in…

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Drunken Driver Fined £10 for Lapse at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 6

"I CAN'T look lightly on such an offence," commented Mr. J. S. Hart, S.M., at the last Richmond Police Court when he fined…

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Gaol Teem Obscenity Riverstone Man on Two Charges Offences Before Young Girls

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 6

STATED to have wilfully and obscenely exposed himself before young girls, a Riverstone resident who pleaded guilty to two…

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Stole Meat From Employers Fine at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 9

CLAIMING that he had merely picked up some dogsmeat which hart fallen from an offal cart, a meatworks employee…

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£80 Bail Forfeited Defendant Fails to Appear at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 2

ARRESTED recently on a charge two years old, a defendant on remand from the previous court failed to appear at…

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Begged From Constable Sent To Gaol For Three Weeks

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 2

WHEN Edward Wolfe wandered into Windsor on January 21 he made a grave mistake (for an old "lag") of not being able to…

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Seaman Stole Car, Police Allege Two-years-old Charge Committed for Trial

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 9

AT the last Windsor Police Court John Larsen, seaman, was committed for trial on a charge of having, on January 15, 1944…

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Alleged Assault

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 8

On the application of Frederick Rolfe at the last Richmond Court, in the matter Hazel Many v. Rolfe (alleged assault); Mr. J. S. Hart, S.M…

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Glossodia Assault Defendant Bound Over at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 6

"PROBABLY there were some blows struck, but not of a serious nature," commented Mr. J. S. Hart, S.M., at the last Windsor…

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Parking In Narrow Street Council Consults Police

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 8

AT its last meeting the Windsor Council decided to bring under the attention of the police authorities the subject of…

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Three Charges Defendant Remanded at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 7

THE same circumstances which resulted in. a manslaughter charge against a lorry driver caused his appearance on three…

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Trouble Over Suitcase Costs Man Court Fine Took It From 'Bus

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 3

STATING he thought at the time he took a suitcase from a bus that it might belong to his wife, a defendant who pleaded…

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Much Ado About a Terrier Carelessly Had Pups At Wrong Place Dreary Court Hearing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 6

THE carelessness of a fox terrier kept a magistrate, the C.P.S., two solicitors, two principals, police officials, sundry…

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One Truck in Two Crashes Sensation At Windsor Police Make Arrests

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 5

AN unofficial joyride by two young airmen attached to the Richmond Station, which resulted in two motor vehicles being…

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Rent Needed Review Tenancy Application Adjourned Magistrate's Decision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 10

IN adjourning a tenancy application at the Windsor Court on Friday, Mr. J. S. Hart, S.M., remarked that even if the…

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Disappearance of Witness Mentioned At Court Hearing Plaintiff Non-suited

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 3

THE unusual course of asking that his own client be non-suited was taken by a solicitor at the Windsor Court on Friday, when…

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Stole Tyres Airman Fined at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 7

AT a special Federal Court at Richmond last Friday, Douglas Graham Watkins, R.A.A.F., pleaded guilty to a charge of having…

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Shirtless Airmen in Dance Hall Fracas Richmond Court Sequel

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 4

TWO airmen, stripped to the waist, without boots or socks, punching out at people in the centre of the Cinema dance hall…

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