R v Thompson
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1914 |
| Date | 1914 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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35 cases
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R v Maria Del Carmen Marchese
...Up to 6 February 2008 Miss Levitt would have had some difficulty in submitting that it should. It was determined nearly 100 years ago in R v Thompson 9 Cr App R 252, by this court that the fact that a count is duplicitous will not automatically lead to the quashing of the conviction. In tha......
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R v Merriman
...if it charges the commission of one offence on more than one occasion, for it then charges the commission of two or more offences. In R. v. Thompson [1914] 2 K.B. 99 the accused was charged on two counts with incest, each count alleging the commission of the offence on “divers days”. Isaacs......
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R v Keith Anthony Stocker
...26 Meanwhile there are a number of examples of decisions where the court has taken a more flexible course. We begin with Thompson (1914) 9 Cr. App. R. 252 in which an objection was taken to the indictment on the grounds of duplicity. The objection was well-founded but the Court concluded th......
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Jahvid Absolam v R
...as she then was, explained the point in Elio Delgado v R. The learned judge said, in part, in paragraph [42] of the judgment that “In Rex v Thompson [1914] 2 KB 99, the general common law view on duplicity was expressed that an indictment was bad if it charged more than one offence in each......
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Preliminary Sections
...1 East P.C. 244. 317 R. v. Sykes, (1913), 8 Crim. App. R. 233. 413 R. v. Taylor, (1771), 5 Burr. 2793; 98 E.R. 466. 317 R. v. Thompson, (1914) 2 K.B. 99; 83 L.J.K.B. 643; 110 I.t. 272; 78 J.P. 212; 30 T.L.R. 223; 24 Cox, 43; 9 Crim. App. R. 252. 296 R. v. Tomlin (1954) 2 Q.B. 274; 38 Crim A......
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Recent Judicial Decisions
...been separatecounts",declared theLordChiefJustice speaking for theCourtofCriminal Appeal.Exactly the samepointwastakenin R. v. Thompson (1914 2 K.B.99) when Sir Rufus Isaacs, CiL, said, dismissing anappeal:"Ifwehadthoughtthatany embarrassment or prejudicehadbeen caused tothe appellant bythe......
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OKAFOR V. STATE
...for making such an application is before plea pleaded see R v. Chapple and Bolingbroke 17 cox 455, although it was held in R. v Thompson (1914) 2 KB 99 that while this is just and convenient it is not essential that the application be made before plea pleaded; and so where it is clear that ......