R v Crisp and Homewood

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1919
Date1919
CourtCourt of Criminal Appeal
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10 cases
  • Bridges Christopher v Public Prosecutor
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 3 April 1997
    ...appellant having reasonable ground to believe that the said information was given to him without authorization. R v Crisp and Homewood (1919) 83 JP 121 was relied on.In that case, it was held that: In my opinion, the fact that he knew Crisp to be a person employed in a government office - i......
  • Public Prosecutor v Phua Keng Tong and Another
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 5 February 1986
    ...an absolute one and no mens rea is necessary. Such a conclusion is not entirely without support. In the case of R v Crisp and Homewood (1919) 83 JP 121 the first accused at the material time was in the employment of the War Office as a clerk and in that official position had obtained inform......
  • R v Galvin
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 1 May 1987
    ...of the words of the statute simply because they seem to be unduly wide. 26 We were referred to the decision of Mr. Justice Avory in R. v. Crisp and Homewood (1919) 83 J.P. 121. Crisp was a clerk in the War Office. He gave to Homewood, the director of a firm of tailors, documents containing ......
  • Lim Kit Siang v PP
    • Malaysia
    • Federal Court (Malaysia)
    • Invalid date
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