R v Atkinson

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD JUSTICE EDMUND DAVIES
Judgment Date27 February 1970
Judgment citation (vLex)[1970] EWCA Crim J0227-3
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Docket NumberNo. 2316A/69
Date27 February 1970

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  • R v Assim
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 9 May 1966
    ... ... 6 Mr. Wrightson's submissions, which were developed in an elaborate argument for which the Court is indebted, may be summarised in this way: At common law, there could be a joinder of offenders in the same indictment only if (a) they had joined in committing the offence charged ( Atkinson 1 Salkeld 582 ; Weston 1 Strange 623 ); or (b) they were principals and accessories (Hale's Pleas of the Crown, Volume 2, page 173; Hawkins' Pleas of the Crown, Volume 2, page 831); or (c) a public nuisance was the result of the separate acts of several defendants ( Kingston 1806 East at ... ...
  • R v Raymond George May
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 14 May 2008
    ...each element of the basis of plea and then went on to say: "I have already drawn attention to the decision of the Court of Appeal in R v Atkinson in paragraph 3.2. It follows in my judgment that, whatever may have been agreed between Miss Moor and Mr Kirby, which would properly bind me when......
  • R v Forde and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 20 June 1990

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