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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

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Month's Gaol on Vagrancy Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 8

PLEADING guilty at the Richmond Court on April 9 to a charge of vagrancy, a defendant was…

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Police Patrol Wanted Council Request

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 1

IT was decided at the last Richmond Council meeting to ask for a police traffic patrol between…

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"Dangerous" Assault Says S.M. £10 Fine Imposed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 8

FOR assaulting a bus driver while the vehicle was in motion, a defendant was fined £10 by…

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Court Notes Windsor, April 30 (Before Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.m.) Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 8

Herbert R. McDonald pleaded guilty to having carried a pillion passenger on a motor cycle before he had…

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Stealing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 2

Enez Hill did not appear to answer a charge of stealing a fountain pen, the property of Demetrius Santos…

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Richmond Court Friday, April 23 (Before Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.m.) Forfeited

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 2

Rhonda Powell, charged with offensive behaviour, did not appear, and it was directed that her bail of £5 be…

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Builder In Error Court Claim Dismissed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 3

WRONG interpretation of a contract cost a builder expenses at the Richmond Court when a claim by…

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Richmond Court (Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.m.) Drunk

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 9

Six defendants, Henry Wilson, Rowland Francis Tunks, Jacob George Askell, Thomas Wilson, Eustace Frederick…

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Permission To Marry Court Application

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 3

AN application by a Riverstone girl 18 years of age for permission to marry without; her parents'…

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Heavy Penalty For Taking Crown Timber Windsor Court Proceedings

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 3

PLEADING guilty to taking timber from Crown land without a licence, a defendant at the Windsor…

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Allowed Pig To Stray Londonderry Farmer Before Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 July 1948 · page 8

ON the unusual charge of allowing a pig to stray, a Londonderry fanner appeared before…

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Traffic Case Dismissed "Wrong Defendant Charged"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 9

"THE wrong defendant has been charged, in my opinion," remarked Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M., in…

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Police Chase Described Fines for Motorist

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 4

A LONG chase by a police truck was described at the Richmond Court when a motor driver was fined…

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Passed Police Track Unlicensed Driver Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 2

SAID to have passed a police truck "at a fast speed," a motorist was fined at the Richmond Court…

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"Violent Character" Defendant Before Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 8

"DEFENDANT is regarded as a violent character, and the police fear that defendant's obsession…

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Cruelty To Animal Richmond Court Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 3

ON a charge of cruelly ill-treating a pig, a Londonderry resident who appeared before the…

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Cross-Charges Of Assault Both Bound Over by Magistrate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 2

AFTER hearing crosscharges of assault by Windsor residents, Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M., at the…

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Betting Fines Three Men Before Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 3

THREE men who appeared on S.P. betting charges were fined varying amounts by Mr. A. E…

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Nuisance In Train Fine at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 August 1948 · page 10

FOK committing a nuisance in a railway carriage, a Goulburn resident was lined £3, with…

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Stealing From Meatworks Heavy Fines at Windsor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 10

STATED to have stolen from the Riverstone meatworks, at which he was employed at the time, a…

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