Michael Fowler (Nauru defendant)

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
Sentence:	40 days incarceration and $10 fine
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Year Cleared:	1984
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Nauru
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Michael Fowler was wrongly convicted of common assault, offensive behaviour in a dwelling house, and threatening behavior by a court in the Republic of Nauru. He was sentenced to a total of one month and 10 days incarceration, and a $10 fine. On August 20, 1984 the High Court of Australia, acting as the court of last resort for the Republic of Nauru, affirmed the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nauru quashing Fowler's convictions and not ordering retrial."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On August 20, 1984 the High Court of Australia, acting as the court of last resort for the Republic of Nauru, affirmed the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nauru quashing Fowler's convictions and not ordering retrial."
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Information Source 1:	Director of Public Prosecutions (Nauru) v Fowler [1984] HCA 48; (1984) 154 CLR 627 (20 August 1984) (Affirming lower court's quashing convictions and not ordering retrial.)
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Michael Fowler (Nauru defendant)

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

40 days incarceration and $10 fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

1984

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Nauru

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On August 20, 1984 the High Court of Australia, acting as the court of last resort for the Republic of Nauru, affirmed the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nauru quashing Fowler's convictions and not ordering retrial."

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Male

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Information Source 1:

Director of Public Prosecutions (Nauru) v Fowler [1984] HCA 48; (1984) 154 CLR 627 (20 August 1984) (Affirming lower court's quashing convictions and not ordering retrial.)

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http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1984/48.html

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