Quarterly Summary
| DOI | 10.1177/002201835702100314 |
| Date | 01 July 1957 |
| Published date | 01 July 1957 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
Quarterly Summary
(Extended reports
of
some
of
the
cases
here summarised
will begiven in our next issue
.-Editor)
INATTENTION AS DANGEROUS DRIVING
R. v. Parker
THE appellant was convicted of causing death by dangerous
driving and appealed on
the
ground
that
the
trial
judge had said
that
momentary inattention could amount to
dangerous driving. During a busy time of day
the
appellant
crossed over traffic lights in Blackburn when they were against
him and came into collision with a bus.
The
rear end of his
car was flung round and struck an old man, who was killed
thereby.
The
appellant said that
the
lights were green,
then
when he was told
that
they were not he said
that
he must
have been mistaken.
The
Court of Criminal Appeal, in
dismissing
the
appeal, said
that
it was a question for
the
jury
whether
the
death was caused by dangerous driving
and
they had said
that
it was.
It
was a matter of fact and
the
Court did not attempt to lay down what dangerous driving
was. (5th May, 1957.)
SENTENCES FOR LIVING ON IMMORAL EARNINGS
R.
v. Friendlay
The
appellant was sentenced to two years' imprisonment
for
the
offence of living on the earnings of prostitution and to
nine months' imprisonment on each of three charges of
receiving stolen property, the sentences to
run
consecutively.
The
Lord
Chief Justice in
the
Court of Criminal Appeal said
he hoped
the
Royal Commission on prostitution and other
offences would consider whether it was not desirable to fix a
much more severe sentence for
the
despicable offence of living
on the earnings of prostitution. "Before whipping was
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