Atwal v Massey

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1971
Year1971
CourtDivisional Court
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16 cases
  • R v Griffiths
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 21 Junio 1974
    ...to "knowing or believing" the goods to be stolen goods. He invited the Recorder's attention to the case of Atwal v. Massey, (1972) 56 Criminal Appeal Reports, 6. It is significant to observe that the Recorder in discussion with Counsel expressed the view that "The jury have to get inside th......
  • R v Smith (Albert)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 17 Febrero 1976
    ...Justice James, in these words: "There is a danger in the adoption of the passage cited from the judgment in Atwal v. Massey" (1972) 56 Criminal Appeal Reports 6 "as the direction to a jury unless great care is taken to avoid confusion between the mental element of knowledge or belief and th......
  • R v Moys
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 18 Mayo 1984
    ...stolen, or that, suspecting them to be stolen, he deliberately shut his eyes to the circumstances." There they cite Atwal v. Massey (1971) 3 All E.R. 881 15 It is true that the paragraph then goes on: "However, for the avoidance of doubt it should be emphasised that Lord Widgery in Atwal v.......
  • R v James Hewitson
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 4 Octubre 1976
    ...with the learned Judge in getting the law wrong, because what he did was to misunderstand the judgment of the Divisional Court in Atwal v. Massey, 56 Criminal Appeal Reports, 6. The learned Judge seems to have overlooked that this Court in R. v. Griffiths 60 Criminal Appeal Reports 14, cal......
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