R v Manley (Elizabeth)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1933 |
| Year | 1933 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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14 cases
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R v Cotter and Others
...defendant) a charge under the Criminal Law Act 1967 s.5(2) would be more appropriate�" 21 In England, the only case directly in point is R �v- Manley [1933] 1KB 529. In that case the appellant had falsely alleged that she had been robbed by a man whose description she gave to the police. I......
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R v Withers
...If this be right, Bassey might, it would seem, have been charged with and convicted of conspiracy to defraud. 22In R. v. Manley [1933] 1 K.B. 529 it was held that the giving of false information to the police with the result that they wasted their time, tended to cause public mischief and ......
- R v Rogerson
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Attorney General v Edge
...332. (7) 20 Cox, 249. (1) 2 Mod. Rep. 128. (2) 8 C. & P. 425. (3) [1893] 1 Q. B. 450. (4) L. R. 2 C. C. R. 154. (5) 4 A. & E. 624. (6) [1933] 1 K. B. 529. (7) 6 Cox, 143. (8) [1932] I. R. 28. (9) 12 Cox, 231. (1) Comb. 10. (2) Sir T. Raym. 474. (3) 2 Mod. Rep. 128. (1) 16 Ir. C. L. R. 112. ......
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Courts of Summary Jurisdiction
...theprejudice of the community, are indictable,"andthis state-mentofthelaw was approved by theCourtof Criminal Appealin R. v. Manley (1933,1 K.B., 529),Theessence of the offence COURTS OF SUMMARYJURISDICTION355is a mischief to thepublic;butif the ratepayers of Wath areto be regarded asthepub......
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Courts of Summary Jurisdiction
...to the police, so causing them to waste time.Hitherto such proceedings had been infrequent; indeed,it was suggested in R. v. Manley (1933), 1K.B., 529, thatit was open to question whether any offence of that descrip-tion is now known to the law.TheCourt of Criminal Appeal,however, followed ......
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Notes on the Criminal Law Act, 1967
...six monthsor £200 or both. The not uncommon offence of that typehadbeenprosecuted as a public mischief.Theleading case was R. v.Manley [1933] 1 K.B. 529, but its extenthadbeen limitedanditsdecision criticized more recently inR.v. Newland [1953] 2 AllE.R.1067.Thedoubthas now been removed by ......