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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

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

Ejectment Order Postponed Tenant Applies to Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 September 1947 · page 4

A SUCCESSFUL application for postponement of an ejectment order issued at a previous court was made at the Windsor…

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Carrying Firearms On Sunday Fine at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 September 1947 · page 2

A DEFENDANT who allegedly refused to tell a constable who owned a gun he was carrying was fined at the Windsor…

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No Latitude For Drunken Drivers Public Must Be Protected, Says Magistrate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 September 1947 · page 3

"I DON'T propose to extend the provisions of Section 556A. to drunken drivers. The public must be protected, and drivers…

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Client "Went Mad" Solicitor's Appeal at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 September 1947 · page 10

IN appealing for leniency for a client convicted of "taking and using" a motor vehicle, a solicitor at the Richmond Court…

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Assault Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 8

When Rupert Kenneth Whitford appeared at the Windsor Court on September 26 on a charge of having, at Clarendon on September 13,…

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Revision Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 8

Revision Courts for the Municipality of Windsor and Shire of Colo were held at Windsor on September 26, when in each case the Clerk…

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Three Months On Each Of Two Charges Defendant Out of Luck at Windsor Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 October 1947 · page 4

AS the result of an ill-advised visit to the Windsor district, a defendant at the Windsor Court on September 26 was…

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Assault Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 October 1947 · page 4

When Clarence Reginald Beckhaus pleaded guilty at the Richmond Court on October 10 to a charge of assaulting James Thomas…

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"HOODLUM" Police Say

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 October 1947 · page 10

"OBVIOUSLY," was the comment of Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M., at the last Windsor Police Court when a Riverstone…

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Revision Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 October 1947 · page 8

At a Revision Court held at Richmond on October 10 the Town Clerk of Richmond, Mr. H. S. Edwards, gave formal evidence that the roll…

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Year's Gaol Go Each Of Three Charges Stolen Cheque Cashed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 October 1947 · page 2

A DEFENDANT with a previous "record" was sentenced by Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M., at the Richmond Court on October…

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Unlicensed Radios Residents Before Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 October 1947 · page 10

FIVE persons were fined at the last Windsor Police Court for having operated broadcast radio receivers without a licence…

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Vagrant Sent to Gaol Frightened Women

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 November 1947 · page 10

A VAGRANT who had adopted a threatening attitude towards women when they had refused to supply him with…

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Small Debts Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 November 1947 · page 9

In the matter George James Grace v. William Bede Bell at the Windsor Small Debts Court, Grace did not appear but applied by letter for…

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Tenancy Case Adjourned Windsor Court Claim

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 November 1947 · page 14

AFTER it had been stated that the defendant had since paid arrears of rent in full, Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M.,…

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Police Evidence Criticised Defendants Discharged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 December 1947 · page 9

POLICE evidence was criticised by Mr. A. E. Stonham S.M., at the Richmond Court during the hearing of charges…

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"Becoming Nuisance," Say Police Riverstone Man Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 December 1947 · page 10

STATED to be suffering from war neurosis, but described by the police as "becoming a nui­sance," a defendant was fined…

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Small Debts Claim Falls at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 December 1947 · page 7

IN the Small Debts Court at Richmond on December 5 Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M., dismissed a…

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