The Criminal Appeal Reports, Volume 13Sweet & Maxwell, 1919 - Criminal law |
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A. T. LAWRENCE accused admissible Appeal against conviction Appeal against sentence Appeal dismissed appellant was convicted appellant's applicant ARTHUR THOMPSON Assize Court August 20 autrefois acquit Belgian bigamy Borstal boys Central Criminal Court Chairman character cheque child circumstances conviction and sentence counsel counts Court of Criminal Cox C. C. crime Criminal Appeal Act Crown defence eighteen months evidence fact false pretences given habitual criminal hard labour imprisonment with hard indecency indictment intent to defraud jewellery jurymen JUSTICE AVORY Justice Coleridge JUSTICE DARLING lant larceny learned judge LORD PARMOOR March McCardie Military Service Acts miscarriage of justice misdirected the jury murder November October 24 penal servitude person photographs police possession prisoner prosecution prove proviso Quarter Sessions question Reading L.C.J. receiving stolen regard Roche Sankey Sentence reduced sentenced to three shew Solicitors stealing stolen property submitted summing trial tried verdict WILLIAM EDWARD DOYLE witness
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Page 81 - On the other hand, the mere fact that the evidence adduced tends to show the commission of other crimes does not render it inadmissible if it be relevant to an issue before the jury, and it may be so relevant if it bears upon the question whether the acts alleged to constitute the crime charged in the indictment were designed or accidental, or to rebut a defence which would otherwise be open to the accused.
Page 71 - It is undoubtedly not competent for " the prosecution to adduce evidence tending to show that the " accused has been guilty of criminal acts other than those " covered by the indictment, for the purpose of leading to the " conclusion that the accused is a person likely from his " criminal conduct or character to have committed the offence
Page 24 - This Court does not sit to consider whether this or that phrase was the best that might have been chosen, or whether a direction which has been attacked might have been fuller or more conveniently expressed, or whether other topics which might have been dealt with on other occasions should be introduced.
Page 105 - He brings this appeal upon the ground that the judge misdirected the jury in telling them that the appellant had not proved the facts necessary to establish the plea of autrefois acquit in respect of the fourth count.
Page 137 - There is no case directly in point, but it would be a slur upon, and a discredit to the administration of, justice in this country if there were any doubt as to the legal principle, or as to the present case being within it The prisoner was under a moral obligation to the deceased from which arose a legal duty towards her...
Page 88 - ... 2. Whenever a police officer has made up his mind to charge a person with a crime he should first caution such person before asking any questions or any further questions as the case may be.
Page 92 - It has long been established as a positive rule of English criminal law, that no statement by an accused is admissible in evidence against him unless it is shewn by the prosecution to have been a voluntary statement, in the sense that it has not been obtained from him either by fear of prejudice or hope of advantage exercised or held out by a person in authority.
Page 94 - These rules have not the force of law; they are administrative directions, the observance of which the police authorities should enforce upon their subordinates as tending to the fair administration of justice.
Page 101 - It is quite plain that the learned judge did not intend to lay down, and did not lay down, as a general principle of law, that a man cannot be placed twice in jeopardy upon the same facts if the offences are different.
Page 148 - Provided that the court may, notwithstanding that they are of opinion that the point raised in the appeal might be decided in favour of the appellant, dismiss the appeal if they consider that no substantial miscarriage of justice has actually occurred.