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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

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Gaol Term

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

Pleading guilty at the Richmond Court to a charge of indecent exposure, Ronald Kearns was sentenced to six…

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To Pay Fines Forthwith Magistrate Warns Drunken Drivers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 9

HE would not in future allow persons convicted of driving under the influence of liquor time to pay their…

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Man And Woman Sentenced for Stealing Lorry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 3

EACH having a, previous "record," a man was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour and a woman…

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Gaol Sentence "Goods in Custody" Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 9

"THE only place for you is in gaol," remarked Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M., at the Windsor Court, in sentencing…

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Three Months' Gaol on Vagrancy Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 6

A YOUNG men with previous convictions for vagrancy and dishonesty was sentenced by…

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Tore Police Blankets Young Man Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 2

FOR tearing blankets in Hie cell where he was locked up, a, young defendant was fined and ordered to…

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Court Notes At Richmond (Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M.) Discharged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 3

Respecting a charge by Harriet Franks against Walter Richard Franks, of unlawfully assaulting a female…

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Most Accept Boarders Magistrate Warns Hotelkeepers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 10

SO far as he was concerned, district hotelkcepers must each accept some permanent hoarders…

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Magistrate Is Puzzled Council Permits for Houses

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 2

"WHY does the council allow people to build houses like this?" asked Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M., during…

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Fight Sequel Police "Second Barrel"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 9

DISCHARGED on one count, following a fight at Richmond on January 15, a defendant at the Richmond…

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Three Charges Follow Fatal Mishap Motorist Before Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 9

As a sequel to a fatal accident on the Richmond Lowlands on October 26, the driver of the vehicle involved…

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Released On Bond Richmond Court Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 3

CHARGED with offensive behaviour, arising from unusual circumstances, a Londonderry…

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First Court Proceedings Potato Board "Test Cases" Regulations Claimed Invalid Magistrate Reserves His Decision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 1

IN what was claimed to be the first "test cases" under the potato marketing regulations, the solicitor for the defence challenged the…

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Pursued By Admirer Girl, Charges Man with Assault

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 3

AN unusual story of pursuit of a young woman by an infatuated admirer was told at the Richmond…

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Valuation Amended Shire Appeal Error in Figures, Says Magistrate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 7

TEED U.C.¥. fixed for the Squire property at Freeman's Reach in the recent Shire Valuation Appeals…

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Clean Record "Means Exactly Nothing" Too Few Traffic Polices, Says Magistrate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 2

THAT a defendant lias no traffic convictions means exactly nothing as Jar as I am concerned,"…

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Magistrate Gives Decision Submissions in Cases Against Growers Holds Regulations Valid

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 1

IN his reserved decision, given at the Windsor Court on Friday, on submissions that the regulations under which certain Potato Marketing Board prosecutions had been launched were invalid, the…

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Neighbour In Court Trespass Charge Dismissed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 5

AFTER hearing a trespass charge from North Richmond at the Richmond Court, Mr. W. C. Avery…

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Burglary At Heights Youth Committed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 7

AS the result of a burglary at Kurrajong Heights between January 16 and 19, a young man was…

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£50 BOND Stealing Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 3

PLEADING guilty at the Richmond Court to a stealing charge, a defendant was placed on a…

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