Cafferata v Wilson

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1936
Date1936
CourtDivisional Court
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15 cases
  • William Bewley v The Crown
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • July 6, 2012
    ...a major conversion, adaptation or repair before it can discharge a missile? 17 This is an issue previously considered by the courts. In Cafferata v Wilson [1936] 3 All ER 149, the Divisional Court, on an appeal by way of Case Stated, decided that a dummy revolver which was not capable of fi......
  • R v William Bewley
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • July 6, 2012
    ...if a major conversion, adaptation or repair were required. The principle in Cafferata v WilsonTLRUNK (The Times, 21 October 1936; [1936] 3 All ER 149), followed in R v FreemanUNK ((1970) 54 Cr App R 251) was that a dummy pistol capable of adaptation was a firearm or part of a firearm within......
  • George Abraham; PP
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • January 1, 1978
  • Kashorn John v Commissioner of Police
    • St Vincent
    • Court of Appeal (Saint Vincent)
    • September 16, 2008
    ...The State (2001) 62 W.IR. 366; R v Kenneth Rose (1977), 16 J.L.R. 8 considered and distinguished. Cafferata v Wilson; Reeve v Wilson [1936] 3 All E.R. 149 [1936] 3 All E.R. 149; R v Brandford Freeman (1970) 54 Cr. App. T. 251 ; Quincy Duncan and Chief of Police Mag. Cr App No. 1 of 2004 (S......
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2 books & journal articles
  • The Firearms Act 1982
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 48-2, May 1984
    • May 1, 1984
    ...of being a firearm, is so constructedas to be incapable of discharging any missile through its barrel." InCafferata v. Wilson [1936] 3 All E.R. 149 a person, who was not aregistered firearms dealer, sold a dummy revolver which was similarin appearance to an ordinary revolver,butwas fitted w......
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill The Firearms Law Handbook - 8th Edition Contents
    • August 29, 2019
    ...433, 5 SLT 301 195 Burditt v Joslin [1981] 3 All ER 203, 146 JP 39, The Times , 13 February 1981, DC 60, 125, 131 Cafferata v Wilson [1936] 3 All ER 149, 34 LGR 546, 100 JP 489, KBD 20 Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely County Council v Rust [1972] 2 QB 426, [1972] 3 All ER 232, [1972] 3 WLR 22......

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