Kannangara Aratchige Dharmasena v The King

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1951
Year1950
CourtPrivy Council
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14 cases
  • Department of Public Prosecutions v Shannon
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 19 June 1974
    ...that the verdict might have been arrived at simply in consequence of the absence of evidence to prove his guilt. 42 The case of Dharmasena v. The King in the Privy Council [1951] A.C. 1 calls for mention. D. and S. were tried together in Ceylon. One count in the indictment against them cha......
  • Da Costa v R
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
  • Department of Public Prosecutions v Shannon
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • Invalid date
  • Caryn Moss v The Director of Public Prosecutions; The Director of Public Prosecutions v Caryn Moss
    • Bahamas
    • Court of Appeal (Bahamas)
    • 9 May 2019
    ...considered Attorney-General v Whelan [1934] IR 518 considered David Collins v Regina SCCrimApp No. 77 of 2012 considered Dharmasena v R [1951] AC 1 applied Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland v Lynch [1975] AC 653 mentioned DPP v Shannon [1975] AC 717 mentioned Howe v R [1......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Evidence 1
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon's Laws of Nigeria. Volume 10. Part I Evidence 1
    • 30 June 2016
    ...protection of the law. Ibrahim v. The King (1914) A.C. 599 Renouf v. Attorney-General for Jersey (1936) A.C. 445 Dharmasena v. The King (1951) A.C. 1. It is a principle of the proceedings of the Board that it is for the appellant in a criminal appeal to satisfy the Board that a real miscarr......

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