Lawrence v The King

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CourtPrivy Council
Judgment Date1933
Year1933

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    ...at [67]. Commissioners of Customs and Excise v Menocal [1979] QB 46; (1979) 69 Cr App Rep 148; [1978] 3 All ER 961 (refd) Lawrence v R [1933] AC 699; [1933] All ER Rep 196 (distd) Mah Kah Yew v PP [1968-1970] SLR (R) 851; [1969-1971] SLR 441 (folld) PP v Wong Hong Toy [1985-1986] SLR (R) 12......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon's Laws of Nigeria. Volume 7: Part I Preliminary sections
    • 29 June 2016
    ...R v. Kanu (1949) 12 W.A.C.A., 488……………………….....................................................258, 510 R v. Lawrence (1933) A.C. 699 and Woolmington’s case (1935) A.C. 462…….............………585 R v. Layole (1935) 12 N.L.R 44 ……………...................................................................
  • Cases referred to in 1956
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Nigerian Supreme Court Cases. 1956 Preliminary Sections
    • 17 August 1988
    ...v. Phillip 18 N.L.R. 102 18 R. v Jonathan Duru 9 W.A.C.A. 33. 66 R. v Kano and Arisah 20 N.L.R. 32. W.A.C.A. No. 3711 66 R. v Lawrence (1933) A.C. 699. 43 R. v Sunday Ijoma and others 12 W.A.C.A. 220. 66 Rex v Holmes 31 C.A.R. 139. 2 Rex v Peter Aniogo, 9 W.A.C.A. 62. 57 Richardson v. Leask......
  • In the Irish Courts
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 38-2, April 1974
    • 1 April 1974
    ...ifhe is guilty of violentconductwith intent to make the trial impos-sible it is lawful to continue in his absence: Lawrence v.TheKing(1933, A.C.699).If, however, through illness, including mentalillness, he is incapable of understandingwhatis going on or isotherwise incapable of conducting ......