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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1966

40 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 2

Miniature Police Station Goes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 July 1966 · page 15

Riverstone’s miniature Police Station, for many years a source of great amusement to visitors and…

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Lost Job Through Court Appearance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 July 1966 · page 16

A defendant told the Richmond Court magistrate that the he har lost his employment because…

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Headstone Theft Angers Residents

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 August 1966 · page 19

Theft of a granite headstone from the grave of John Fleming in the St Albans cemetery has…

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Murder Charge Woman Released on Bail

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 August 1966 · page 4

Appearing at a recent Richmond Court on a charge of murdering her husband, Mrs Urszala…

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Suspended Sentence for Car Theft

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 31 August 1966 · page 20

A 19-year-old youth, convicted on a charge of car stealing was given a suspended sentence at a recent Windsor Court. He was Hilton Robert…

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Two Men Gaoled for Assault

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 31 August 1966 · page 19

This sort of violence can only be met by severe penalties,” said Mr A. D. Tyler, S.M. in sentencing two then to gaol terms at a recent Windsor Court. The two, men Keith…

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Bilpin Murder Missing Week in Man’s Life

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 31 August 1966 · page 4

The whereabouts of a man in the week before he was murdered has so far baffled detectives investigating the “Bilpin Murder”…

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Stealing Charges Man to Stand Trial

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 September 1966 · page 9

A man was committed for trial at a recent Windsor Court on three charges of stealing from…

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Formation of Police-Citizens Boys’ Club

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 October 1966 · page 20

An enthusiastic group of residents and representatives of district organisations are confident a Police-Citizens Boys’ Club will be formed with…

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S. M. Warns Man He Risks Gaol

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 October 1966 · page 24

”If you go threatening neighbours again and come before me, I’ll send you to gaol,” Mr…

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Magistrate Condemns Pack Attack

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 October 1966 · page 11

“This type of hooliganism calls for the utmost condemnation,” said the Richmond Court magistrate, Mr A. D. Tyler, in sentencing an…

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D.u.i. Drivers in Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 November 1966 · page 12

Two members of the RAAF were fined and had their licences suspended after being…

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Police Theory on Man’s Death in Fire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 November 1966 · page 19

A man’s habit of standing or sitting in front of a fuel stove could have caused his…

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Marriage or Murder

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 November 1966 · page 19

The small cast of the Richmond Players’ current production, “We Must Kill Toni,” which opened on Saturday at the Richmond School of…

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Fines For Assault Out Of Date

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 November 1966 · page 12

“The fines for these offences are out of date,” said Mr Tyler, S.M., at a recent Windsor Court…

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Man Acquitted on Stealing Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 November 1966 · page 20

Without giving evidence in his defence, a man was acquitted at a recent Windsor Court on a charge stealing from A.C.I. Plastics South Windsor factory…

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Magistrate Warns S.p Bettors

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 November 1966 · page 17

After convicting a defendant at a recent Windsor Court on a charge of street betting,…

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Police Help Distraught Mother

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 November 1966 · page 5

Prompt action by two police officers at Richmond was appreciated by a distraught…

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Mean Theft, Says S.m

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 December 1966 · page 10

“There is a meanness about stealing a workmate’s pay that aggrevates the inherent dishonesty of the act,” Mr A. D. Tyler, S. M. said in convicting a man on a stealing charge at a recent…

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Detention of Goods Brothers in Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 December 1966 · page 12

A charge of detention of goods brought by a man against his brother was dismissed at a…

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