Crown Courts
| DOI | 10.1177/002201836603000302 |
| Published date | 01 July 1966 |
| Date | 01 July 1966 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
Crown Courts
HOW
LONG
DOES A CAUTION LAST?
Regina v. Taylor
INthis case heard at Manchester Crown Court apoint of
law arose
upon
asubmissionto the Judge posingthequestion
"How
long does a Caution last?" An arrest was made after
questioning when
the
accused's answers were sufficient to
amount to a prima facie case.
The
caution was given
and
next asearch took place of the premises where
the
accused was
staying, and stolen gramophone records were discovered
although
the
incriminating answers
and
the caution had
related to a matter of cigarettes.
The
search of
the
cellar went
on
and
barrels were found next.
The
accused was then taken
to the police station
and
asked about
the
records and barrels.
All this time there had only been the one caution.
There
came
next
the
formal caution and charge relating to all items.
The
judge
ruled as to cautions in general
that
they should
be followed by relevant and reasonable questions.
For
the
defence it was submitted that in order to follow
that ruling there ought to have been other cautions before
the
questions about records and barrels.
The
Court
then
took
the
view
that
on these later matters there was at
the
time no ad-
mission of guilt,
and
who could decide reasonableness for the
officer questioning on the spot? Defence counsel
then
said
that
commonsense should have made
him
suspicious of coming
revelations and he ought to have cautioned at each "find".
The
Court found
that
the
position relating to the stolen
items was separate in each case, and the questions were in each
case starting a new line rather than following
the
original
caution.
The
submission was rejected.
EVIDENCE THAT
"PROSTITUTES"
VISITED AN ALLEGED BROTHEL
R. v. Korie
In
the
depositions preliminary to the trial of an accused on
acharge of managing abrothel (Sexual Offences Act, 1956,
162
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