R v McHugh

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeTHE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
Judgment Date19 November 1976
Judgment citation (vLex)[1976] EWCA Crim J1119-8
Date19 November 1976
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Docket NumberNo. 3238/B/76

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3 cases
  • R v Morris (David)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 8 March 1983
    ...are other decisions, albeit not in respect of supermarkets, which tend to support the same view. We cite for purposes of completeness R. V. McHugh (1977) 64 Cr. App. R. 92, which was a case involving a self-service petrol station. There is a further decision in Edwards v. Ddin (1976) 3 All ......
  • R v Graham
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 25 October 1996
    ...the offence had been misdescribed in the indictment. 17In support of this submission reliance was placed on four cases. In R v McHugh (1977) 64 Cr App R 92 the defendant was convicted of theft. On appeal it was suggested that he might have been guilty of obtaining by deception. The court co......
  • Roberts, Brangman, Smith-Williams v R
    • Bermuda
    • Court of Appeal (Bermuda)
    • 11 June 2021
    ...any substantial injustice has been done. In suggesting that that is and has been the practice reference has been made to McHugh(1977) 64 Cr App R 92, R v Ayres(1984) 78 Cr App R 232, [1984] AC 447, Pickford[1995] 1 Cr App R 420 and Molyneux & Farnborough(1981) 72 Cr App R 111.’” (Underline ......
1 books & journal articles
  • Recent Judicial Decisions
    • United Kingdom
    • Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles No. 75-2, April 2002
    • 1 April 2002
    ...decision was subsequently upheld by the DivisionalCourt.The Police Journal, Volume 75 (2002) 183 The next case of McHugh (1976) 64 Cr App R 92, againdisplayed the risk inherent in the retail petrol business. McHughput petrol in the tank of his vehicle and left without paying. Hesubsequently......

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