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Folio No: DM.316 Folio Title: Criminal Precedence Content Description Folio No: DM.316 Folio Title: Criminal Precedence Content Description: This file contains 65 items most of which are Petitions of Appeals in Criminal Cases ITEM DOCUMENT DIGITIZATION ACCESS DOCUMENT CONTENT NO DATE STATUS STATUS Statement of case re: Mr. Kyle-Little. The prosecution DM.316.001 18/9/1969 had filed criminal charges under Section 4(c) of the Digitized Open Prevention of Corruption Act. Supplemental Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. DM.316.002 1965 Digitized Open 2 of 1965. Supplemental Petition of Appeal re: Criminal District DM.316.003 Undated Digitized Open Court Case No. 151 of 1964. Supplemental Petition of Appeal re: Criminal District DM.316.004 28/2/1966 Digitized Open Court Case No. 257 of 1964. Supplemental Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. DM.316.005 31/10/1966 Digitized Open X 31 of 1966. Supplemental Petition of Appeal re: High Court Criminal DM.316.006 Undated Digitized Open Case No. 7 of 1966. Supplemental Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. DM.316.007 Undated Digitized Open Y.6 of 1966. Petition of Appeal re: High Court Criminal Case No. 17 DM.316.008 5/5/1969 Digitized Open of 1968. DM.316.009 16/12/1966 Re: DM.316.006. Digitized Open DM.316.010 19/12/1969 Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. Y. 17 of 1969. Digitized Open DM.316.011 1966 Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. X41 of 1966. Digitized Open Draft Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. 29 of DM.316.012 1971 Digitized Open 1970. 1 of 5 ITEM DOCUMENT DIGITIZATION ACCESS DOCUMENT CONTENT NO DATE STATUS STATUS DM.316.013 17/10/1966 Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. X.31 of 1966. Digitized Open Supplemental Petition of Appeal re: Magistrate's Appeal DM.316.014 6/10/1967 Digitized Open No. 55 of 1967. Supplemental Petition of Appeal re: Magistrate's Court DM.316.015 1970 Digitized Open Arrest Case No. 104 of 1970. Supplemental Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. DM.316.016 31/7/1970 Digitized Open 7 of 1970. Submissions on behalf of the Appellants in the matter DM.316.017 5/1/1970 Digitized Open of Federal Court Criminal Reference No. X 3 of 1967. Submissions on behalf of the Appellant in the matter of DM.316.018 25/9/1970 Digitized Open Criminal Appeal No. 6 of 1970. Submissions on behalf of the first Appellant in the DM.316.019 31/8/1970 Digitized Open matter of Criminal Appeal No. 4 of 1970. Submissions of Respondents in the matter of Federal DM.316.020 Undated Digitized Open Court Civil Appeal No. 37 of 1970. Submissions to prevent the Inspector of Schools from DM.316.021 3/9/1970 giving evidence on the statement/complaint taken from Digitized Open Miss "A" in the case of P.P. v. Mervyn Simon Pereira. Supplemental Grounds of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal DM.316.022 22/9/1970 Digitized Open No. 6 of 1970. Supplemental Petition of Appeal re: Criminal District DM.316.023 16/3/1970 Digitized Open Court Arrest Case No. 78 of 1969. Supplemental Petition of Appeal re: Magistrate's Appeal DM.316.024 22/11/1977 Digitized Open No. 79 of 1977. A copy of a Petition to His Excellency Sir John Fearns Nicoll, C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Singapore Government House, in the matter of the DM.316.025 1952 murder of John Williams. The accused were: Thamy bin Digitized Open Osman, Habee Kassim bin Kader, Thamby bin Sidek and Dawood bin Mohamed in respect of Case No. 51 of the tenth Assizes of 1951. 2 of 5 ITEM DOCUMENT DIGITIZATION ACCESS DOCUMENT CONTENT NO DATE STATUS STATUS A Petition to the Minister of the Interior & Defence re: the application to the Registrar of Citizenship to grant DM.316.026 6/4/1970 Digitized Open citizenship to the Petitioner's son, Ramachandran. (illegible. Refer to DM.316.028.) A Petition to the Minister of Health by Madam Aisjah DM.316.027 25/6/1970 Amir re: the Ikobana Nasi Padang Restaurant at Changi Digitized Open Point. DM.316.028 6/4/1970 Re: DM.316.026. Digitized Open A Petition to the President of Singapore by Mohamed Salleh bin Daim, who had been convicted for murder DM.316.029 1969 Digitized Open and sentenced to death under Criminal Case No. 30 of 1967. A Petition to the Minister of Interior and Defence by DM.316.030 1969 T.P. Kassim re: the order from the Controller of Digitized Open Immigration to leave Singapore. A copy of an unsigned Petition to His Excellency Tun Yusof bin Ishak, Yang Di-Pertua Negara of Singapore, to DM.316.031 18/7/1965 Digitized Open plead for clemency for the condemned men of the Pulau Senang tragedy. A Petition to His Excellency Tun Yusof bin Ishak, Yang Di-Pertua Negara of Singapore, by Robert Tan Kheng DM.316.032 19/8/1965 Digitized Open Lock who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and armed robbery. A Petition to His Excellency Dr. Benjamin Sheares by Teo DM.316.033 1971 Cheng Leong who had been sentenced to death under Digitized Open Criminal Case No. 23 of 1969. A Petition by relatives, friends and citizens of Singapore to the President of Singapore for clemency for Osman DM.316.034 15/6/1973 Digitized Open bin Ali who had been condemned to death for murder in Case No. 4 of 1971. A list of signatories attached. A Petition by the mother of Mimi Wong to the President of Singapore for clemency for Mimi Wong who had DM.316.035 6/6/1973 Digitized Open been condemned to death for murder in Case No. 17 of 1970. 3 of 5 ITEM DOCUMENT DIGITIZATION ACCESS DOCUMENT CONTENT NO DATE STATUS STATUS DM.316.036 27/8/1965 Order re: Criminal Motion No. 6 of 1965. Digitized Open DM.316.037 30/12/1970 Order re: Originating Motion No. 39 of 1970. Digitized Open DM.316.038 5/5/1971 Order re: Originating Motion No. 14 of 1971. Digitized Open DM.316.039 1965 Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. X. 4 of 1965. Digitized Open DM.316.040 1965 Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. 16 of 1965. Digitized Open Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. 24/65. DM.316.041 1965 Digitized Open (illegible) DM.316.042 11/6/1965 Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. 18/65. Digitized Open DM.316.043 18/10/1966 Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. Y. 10 of 1966. Digitized Open DM.316.044 1967 Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. 19 of 1966. Digitized Open DM.316.045 11/1/1968 Petition of Appeal re: Arrest Case No. 8124 of 1967. Digitized Open Petition of Appeal re: 5th Magistrate's Court Private DM.316.046 20/5/1974 Digitized Open Summons No. 570 of 1973. DM.316.047 6/9/1971 Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. 22/70. Digitized Open DM.316.048 27/5/1976 Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. 8/76. Digitized Open DM.316.049 2/3/1970 Notice of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. 4/70. Digitized Open DM.316.050 10/2/1965 Notice of Motion re: Criminal Appeal No. 18/64. Digitized Open Affidavit of Toh Kwee Choo re: Criminal Motion No. 6 of DM.316.051 21/8/1965 Digitized Open 1965. DM.316.052 10/8/1965 Motion re: Criminal Motion No. 6/65. Digitized Open Affidavit of Goh Leng Sim re: Originating Motion No. 39 DM.316.053 29/12/1970 Digitized Open of 1970. DM.316.054 5/5/1971 Order re: Originating Motion No. 13 of 1971. Digitized Open 4 of 5 ITEM DOCUMENT DIGITIZATION ACCESS DOCUMENT CONTENT NO DATE STATUS STATUS DM.316.055 1966 Notice of Motion re: Criminal Appeal No. Y. 6 of 1966. Digitized Open Affidavit of David Marshall re: Criminal Appeal No. 18 of DM.316.056 10/2/1965 Digitized Open 1964. DM.316.057 10/2/1965 Re: DM.316.050. Digitized Open A statement of complaint by Chia Leong Boon against DM.316.058 31/12/1965 the International Times under Criminal Procedure Code Digitized Open Chapter 132, Section 132 (2). A statement of complaint by Sadhu Singh against Jaffar DM.316.059 24/2/1970 and Taib under Criminal Procedure Code Chapter 132, Digitized Open Section 132 (2). DM.316.060 13/1/1968 Affidavit of Yue Bok Mui. Digitized Open Affidavit of David Marshall re: Lim Heng Soon in the DM.316.061 1970 Digitized Open Criminal Appeal Y. 14 of 1968. Supplemental Grounds of Appeal re: Selangor Criminal DM.316.062 1/3/1967 Digitized Open Appeal No. 1 of 1967. DM.316.063 1966 Petition of Appeal re: Criminal Appeal No. X. 40 of 1966. Digitized Open Affidavit of John Cruz Corera re: Criminal Appeal No. Y.6 DM.316.064 23/11/1966 Digitized Open of 1965. News cutting entitled "75 up! And This Is The Life...." by DM.316.065 13/2/1978 Digitized Open Tunku Abdul Rahman in the article: As I See It. 5 of 5 .
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