R v Richardson
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Assizes |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1863 |
| Date | 01 January 1863 |
English Reports Citation: 176 E.R. 318
Nisi Prius
Regina
and
Richardson
Referred to, Marks v. Beyfus, 25 Q. B. D. 495.
[693] Sussex Spring Assizes, 1863, Lewes, coram Cockburn, C J regina v rk hardson. (On an indictment for administering poison with intent to murder ; the police having, in consequence of certain information, found the bottle containing the poison in a place used by the prisoner held, that they were bound to disclose from whom they had the information ) [Referred to, Marks v Beyfus, 25 Q. B D 495 ] The prisoner was indicted for administering a certain poison, called corrosive sublimate, to Wm. H Halsted and Martha Halsted, with intent to murder them, &c Roupell for the prosecution Efeirrow for the defence From the evidence for the prosecution, it appeared that the prisoner was the domestic servant of the prosecutor and his wife, and that there...
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Regina v William Taupa ToVarula and Others [1973] PNGLR 140
...from an article which was referred to this morning in 1959 Criminal Law Review that a case is cited of R v Richardson (1863) 3 F & F 693; 176 ER 318, a case apparently decided by Chief Justice Cockburn in 1863, in which the name of the informant was ordered to be given. I am inclined to thi......
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Australian Securities & Investment Commission v P Dawson Nominees Pty Ltd
...in a particular case justice requires that the identity of a police informant should be disclosed: R v Richardson (1863) 3 F & F 693; 176 ER 318; Marks v Beyfus (at 25 In Jarvie v The Magistrates’ Court of Victoria at Brunswick [1995] 1 VR 84 at 91, which involved a closely analogous claim ......
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Ex parte Minister of Justice: In re Rex v Pillay and Others
...be relaxed where necessary. For example: - (a) "When it is material to the ends of justice" (see per COCKBURN, C.J., in Rex v Richardson (3 F. & F. 693)); it it is necessary or right to do so to show the prisoner's innocence (see per Lord ESHER, in Marks v Beyfus (26 Q.B.D at p. 498)); (c) ......
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Die aanbrengersprivilegie in die konteks van Grondwetlike regte: Enkele beskouings
...4 SA 619 (D) 73B—C was Fannin R tevrede dat daar op die feite van die saak nie aan (iv) voldoen is nie. 26 Cockburn HR in R v Richardson 3 F & F 693 (soos aangehaal met goedkeuring deur Watermeyer HR in Ex parte Minister of Justice: in re R v Pillay supra 665). 27 Ex parte Minister of Justi......
