R v Wheat ; R v Stocks

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1921
Year1921
CourtCourt of Appeal
    • This document is available in original version only for vLex customers

      View this document and try vLex for 7 days
    • TRY VLEX
16 cases
  • John Arthur Charles Gould
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 18 January 1968
    ...upon reasonable grounds that at the time of his second marriage his former marriage had beer dissolved is a good defence to the charge. In R. v. Wheat (1921 2 King's Bench 119) the Court of Criminal Appeal decided that it was not. The learned Deputy Chairman rightly regarded himself as bou......
  • R v King
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 8 October 1963
    ... ... 11 He goes on: "Apart from wheat's case"- 1889 23 Queen's Bench Division page 168 to which the Court must refer in a moment -"with which I have already dealt, I have not been able to ... ...
  • CK v JK and FMcG and Attorney General (notice parties)
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 31 March 2004
    ...UNREP SHANLEY 18.6.1997 1998/6/1685 SHAW V SHAW 1954 AB 429 OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1861 S57 RUSSELL, IN RE 1901 AC 446 R V WHEAT 1921 2 KB 119 MEGARRY A SECOND JUSTICE MISCELLANY 1973 211 DUNCAN 1974 9 IR JUR (NS) 59 C V C UNREP KENNY 27.7.1973 PLUMMER, RE 1942 1 DLR 34 BINCHY CON......
  • Warner v Metropolitan Police Commissioner; R v Warner
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 2 May 1968
    ...the essence of the offence. In a very recent case Reg. v. Gould [1968] 2 W.L.R. 643 the Court of Appeal refused to follow R. v. Wheat [1921] 2 K.B. 119 and, in my view rightly, cited with approval a judgment of Sir Owen Dixon than whom there is no greater authority on questions of legal p......
  • Request a trial to view additional results
4 books & journal articles
  • ENLARGED PANELS IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF SINGAPORE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2019, December 2019
    • 1 December 2019
    ...910 (distinguishing and not following Duncan v Cammell, Laird and Co Ltd [1942] AC 624); R v Gould [1968] 2 QB 65 (overruling R v Wheat [1921] 2 KB 119); Hanning v Maitland (No 2) [1970] 1 QB 580 (not following Nowotnik v Nowotnik [1967] P 83); R v R [2004] 1 WLR 490 (not following R v T [2......
  • Criminal Law
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Religious Institutions and The Law in Canada. Fourth Edition
    • 20 June 2017
    ...R . v. Gould , [1968] 2 Q.B. 65 (C.A.); R . v. Woolridge (1979), 49 C.C.C. (2d) 300 (Sask. Prov. Ct.); cf. R . v. Wheat and Stocks , [1921] 2 K.B. 119 (C.C.A.). 127 R . v. King , [1964] 1 Q.B. 285 (C.A.); cf. R . v. Connatty (1919), 83 J.P. 292 (Recorder); R . v. Dolman , [1949] 1 All E.R. ......
  • Recent Judicial Decisions
    • United Kingdom
    • Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles No. 41-3, March 1968
    • 1 March 1968
    ...He was not allowedto change his plea because the deputy chairman regarded himselfas bound by the well known case of R. v. Wheat &Stocks[1921]2K.B. 119.TheCourt of Appeal accepted that the deputy chairman wasright in this. .The Court of Appeal itself, however, felt that itneed not follow the......
  • Regent Judicial Decisions
    • United Kingdom
    • Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles No. 41-8, August 1968
    • 1 August 1968
    ...Rutzen [1895]1 Q.B. 918. and Cundy v. Le Cocq [1884]13 Q.B.D.207; in bigamy. R. v. Tolson (1889) 23 Q.B.D. 168. and R. v. Wheat &Stocks[1921] 2 K.B. 119. the last case being recently overruled by R. v. Gould [1968]1 AllE.R. 849. noted at p.119-aswing from an absolute to a mens rea position.......

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT