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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 18, 1956
Page
3
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Police reported a series of driving under the influence cases at Canberra courts. Fines of £20 were imposed on several defendants including Minios Tymoszewics and James Patrick O'Brien for failing to stop after erratic riding and for intoxicated driving. Other defendants, such as Peter John Withers and Joseph William Lennon, faced similar penalties after admitting alcohol use and questionable control of motorcycles or cars. Wladislaw Szymczyk regained his licence after a prior DUI, while Clifford Thomas Healy received a 30 shillings fine for failing to dip headlights.
The Supreme Court granted an order returnable October 2 to show cause why the Sydney Daily Mirror should not be held in contempt for publishing a Melbourne man charged with an unlicensed pistol. The Solicitor-General, Jae H. Snelling, argued the piece risked prejudicing a magistrate and publicising a defendant’s bad record at a preliminary stage, challenging a fundamental legal principle. Maxwell Powell atence remanded. the article linked a notorious Melbourne criminal and Darcy Mt. as a known figure.
Four people were killed and about fifty injured when a bus plunged into a ravine near Cuenca about 80 miles north of Madrid yesterday. Eleven of the wounded are listed as serious.
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