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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1955

43 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 3

Police Raise No Objection

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 January 1955 · page 8

It was the opinion of the police that no traffic hazard would be provided by granting the application of Messrs…

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Asks If Claimants Will Go To Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 February 1955 · page 1

On the question of disputed sanitary accounts, Windsor Council is to ask tike former contractors whether they are prepared to produce…

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Court Held Around An Open Ambulance Car

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 February 1955 · page 13

An experience probably unique in the annals of court procedure in this State was the holding of a Richmond Court of Petty Sessions in the yard…

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Court Days Altered

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 March 1955 · page 10

Instead of the weekly Courts of Petty Sessions being at Richmond on Thursdays and Windsor on…

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Earl's Court Exhibits At Hawkesbury Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 May 1955 · page 10

Three exhibits direct froM the Earl's Court Motor Show to London (via the Sydney Royal Show) were among the unseal range of…

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Prisoner Was "Abducted," From Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 July 1955 · page 2

WHAT might be termed the Case of the Stolen Prisoner caused a considerable flap among the constabulary…

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Alert Drivers Vital To Road Safety, Police Say

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 July 1955 · page 2

In their task of reducing traffic hazards on our roads, the authorities must have the assistance of drivers themselves, the Superintendent of…

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Windsor Court Thursday July 21

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 July 1955 · page 8

Harold Marron (59), pensioner, no fixed abode, charged with offensive behaviour at the Wiseman's Ferry Hotel…

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Richmond Court Friday, July 22

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 July 1955 · page 12

Aubrey Vernon Becke (46), North Richmond, drive under influence at Richmond on July 16. Pleaded guilty. Fined £15…

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Richmond Court Friday, July 29 (Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 August 1955 · page 4

Geoffrey Kenneth Talbot (20), airman, North Ryde, indecent behaviour, at Richmond on July 28. Pleaded…

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Windsor Court Thursday, July 28 (Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 August 1955 · page 5

Fred Michelko, South Windsor, charged with riding a bicycle on Blacktown Road, Windsor, while under the…

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Windsor Court Thursday, August 4 (Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 August 1955 · page 12

Brian Donovan. Bailey (40), clerk, Riverstone, insulting words in Market Street, Riverstone, on July 30. Pleaded…

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Richmond Court Friday, August 12 (Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 August 1955 · page 8

Eric Wentworth Durrington, Richmond, excessive drinking. No appearance. Adjudged likely seriously to…

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Windsor Court Thursday, August 11 (Mr. C. K. Ward. S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 August 1955 · page 15

John Victor Insley, Wiseman's Ferry, charged with being licensee of premises on which unauthorised person…

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Richmond Court Friday, August 19 (Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 August 1955 · page 8

Aubrey Vernon Becke (46), carpenter, North Richmond, negligent driving at Richmond on July 16. No evidence…

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Windsor Court Thursday, August 18 (Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 August 1955 · page 12

John Frederick Pye (38), labourer, Windsor, and Frederick William Pye (69), pensioner, Windsor, each…

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Windsor Court Thursday, August 24 (Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 16

Merven Edward Dries (28), labourer, Windsor, drive under influence on Aerodrome Road, Clarendon, September…

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Richmond Court Friday, August 26 (Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 11

Darrell Alfred Dawe (20), R.A.A.F., Richmond, indecent behaviour at Richmond on August 25. Pleaded guilty…

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Historic Painting Restored To Court House

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 September 1955 · page 5

The famous painting of Governor Macquarie which has hung in the Windsor Court House for the greater part of 130 years has been restored…

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Richmond Court Friday, September 8 (Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 September 1955 · page 4

William Henry (26), airman, R.A.A.F., Richmond, use indecent language at Richmond on September 1…

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