R v Sawyer
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1959 |
| Date | 1959 |
| Court | Court of Criminal Appeal |
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11 cases
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John Joseph O'Reilly
...in such cases it is indeed dangerous to convict; and this applies certainly no less strongly in cases where identity is in issue: R. v. Sawyer 43 Criminal Appeal Reports 187; R. v. Clines 44 Criminal Appeal Reports 185. It applies too whether the point is or is not taken on behalf of the de......
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R v Chance
...that the Judge's direction was accordingly at fault and that the conviction should be quashed. 17 We turn now to the authorities. 18 In Sawyer (1959) 43 Cr. App. R. 187, the charge was one of indecent assault on a 9-year old boy. Counsel had taken the attitude, "My client's case is that he ......
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R v Williams (Derrick)
...on counts for rape and attempted rape cannot stand." 9In coming to this conclusion, the Court followed dicta in a trilogy of cases R v. Sawyers [1959] 43 Cr. App. R. 187, R. v. Clynes [1960] 44 Cr. App. R 158 and R. v. Trigg [1963] 1 W.LR. 10 Here is how Carey, J.A. who delivered the judgme......
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