Court Reports Airstrip lit by cars in Mildura flight
At Mildura Court Russell Barry Gay faced five charges from the Department of Transport after a night takeoff from a country airstrip using five car headlights for guidance. The Cessna 177 ran out of fuel near Korumburra, forcing a landing. evidence alleged unendorsed licence and reckless operation. The hearing continues.
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Melbourne
Mildura
Yesterda
Victoria
Russell Barry Gay
Joby Presnell
Department of Transport
Presnell
Gay
Korumburra
Uel
NSW hotel licensees face trade practice ruling over liquor price
A Full Bench of the Federal Court of Australia yesterday overruled legal points raised by 109 defendants mostly hotel retailers. The Trade Practices Commission can pursue injunctions and penalties for alleged unlawful restraint of trade. Two officers of the Australian Hotels Association NSW and the association's CEO are named defendants. If prosecutions succeed, fines cap at 950000 dollars per company and 50000 dollars for each officer. The commission alleges a price-fixing scheme began February 1975 affecting liquor sold at hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Nsw
Federal Court of Australia
Trade Practices Commission
Australian Hotels Assiviation (Nsw
B McInerney
Me R. McDonald
AHA
Commission
Two charged in $1m Bry of 17 heroin cache in vase
In Sydney a 25-year-old man and Desleigh Donnellan faced Special Federal Court over importation of heroin valued around $1 million. The vase from Ronghok contained about 8 kg of heroin at 80 percent purity. Both suspects were remanded to June 30. she may plead not guilty. A separate youth case involved deaths of Gary Barkemeyer and Wayne Nixon after a committal hearing.
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Sydney
Australia
Special Federal Court
Dennis Samuel Vella
North Sydney
J. Lichtenberger
Commonwealth Crown Solicitor
Me Vella
Ronghok
Vella
Lichtenberger
Ridge Street
Desleigh Anne Donnellan
Gary John Barkemeyer
Wayne Spencer Nixon
Retrial Granted in Sydney Over Victorian Axe Murder Case
The Full High Court in Sydney ordered a retrial for Victoria’s Donald Victor Matusevich after setting aside his life sentence for the axe murder of a cellmate. Justices Gibbs Mason Murphy Aickin and Stephen joined in a unanimous ruling to remit the case to the Victorian Supreme Court for retrial citing prejudicial evidence at the original trial. Matusevich, 26, a Pent rdige prisoner, had applied for parole and was housed in the prison hospital wing with Claude Joseph.
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Sydney
High Court
Fife
Donald Victor Matusevich
Victorian Supreme Court
Justice Gibbs
Justice Stephen
Justice Mason
Justice Murphy
Justice Aickin
Matusevich
Marusevich
Pentridge
Claude Joseph
Thompson and Matusevich axe murder case in Victoria
Thompson and Matusevich were tried for the axe murder of Graeme John Whateley in a Melbourne prison cell on November 12 1974. Thompson was convicted and later found insane at a new trial, leading to an acquittal on insanity grounds. The Court of Criminal Appeal dismissed Matusevich’s appeal in the same judgment.
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Thompson
Court of Criminal Appeal
Matusevich
Lambs unfit to appear in Wolvi murder case
In Gympie Magistrates Court yesterday Peter William Lamb and Irene Mavis Lamb were listed on remand for the murder of their three children and a 27 year old New Zealand woman but the Governor in Council signed a Mental Health Act order deferring the case for six months. In Melbourne Harold Bernhardt Over hue, a 91 year old pensioner bashed during an armed hold up last month, was awarded 750 by the Crimes Compensation Tribunal.
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Brisbane
Peter William Lamb
Irene Mavis Lamb
Gympie
New Zealand
C. Guy
Melbourne
Harold Bernhardt Overhue
The
Crimes Compensation Tribunal
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Leas
Gary Barkemeyer
Jubilee Oval
Wayne Nixon
Hosking
Jasice
Elon Delay
MeNece
Partes
PEUAN
Colbee Court
Phillip
Anniversa
Sale
York
Goulburn
Youngs
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