R v John Parker and George Parker
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1861 |
| Date | 01 January 1861 |
| Court | Crown Court |
English Reports Citation: 169 E.R. 1295
Crown Cases
S. C. 30 L. J. M C 144, 4 L. T. 451, 25 J P. 374, 7 Jur N S 586; 9 W. R. 699; 8 Cox C C. 465.
[42] 1861. regina c. john parker and george parker. (A. and B. being charged with felony, A. said to B., in the presence of the prosecutor and of the policeman who had charged them, " Well, John, you had better tell the truth " Whereupon, the prosecutor and policeman remaining silent, B. made a confession. B subsequently made a further confession to the policeman on their way to the Bridewell. Held, that the confessions so made were admissible in evidence on the trial) [S. C. 30 L. J. M. C 144 , 4 L. T. 451 , 25 J P. 374 , 7 Jur N S 586 ; 9 W. R. 699 ; 8 Cox C C. 465.J The following case was reserved by the Chairman of Quarter Sessions for the county of Denbigh. John Parker and George Parker were tried before me at the last General Quarter Sessions for the county of Denbigh on an indictment charging, in the first count, the prisoner John Parker with stealing a, quantity ol hops, the property of Peter Walker, his master ; and, in the second count, George Parker with receiving the same hops, knowing them to have been stolen. It was proved at the trial that the prisoner John and a brother named William were in the service of the prosecutor, who was a brewer in Wrexham, aucl the prisoner George kept a public-house in Wrexham On the 6th March a policeman named Lamb went to George Parker's house, where John and William then were, and by permission of George searched the house Lamb found some hops in two bags m a room upstairs He came down stairs and sent for Mr Walker the prosecutor, who went with Lamb into a parlour in George's house, m which were assembled John, William and George Parker. Lamb there charged William and John with stealing the hops, and George with receiving them knowing them to be stolen Upon hearing this Wilhatu said, " Well, John, you had better tell Mr Walker the truth " Neither the prosecutor nor the policeman dissented from or remarked upon William's advice. Whereupon John said, " [ will tell the truth , I did take some hops, and I must risk it." Lamb then took the three brothers to the Bridewell, and on [43] their way there John of his own accord said, " I'll tell you how I got them hops in the small bag. I waa putting some in the cask, and there was more than I wanted, and I took them. I did not think it was any harm " The three brothers were...
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