Recent Judicial Decisions
| Published date | 01 October 1954 |
| Date | 01 October 1954 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X5402700402 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
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THE
POLICE
JOURNAL
into this proposal the authorities were satisfied that equitation was of
real benefit to the training of recruits generally, especially in the factors
of self-assurance and character building. Equitation itself may not for
most people be a difficult subject, but the experience of our contempo-
rary is that its value lies in the standard which is demanded, including
the discipline which strengthens the spirit of self-confidence. The
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, whose reputation for fine horseman-
ship is world-wide, have found that there is something to be derived
from equitation that cannot be matched in any other way. Many of
our readers will heartily endorse this view.
The possibility of employment on mounted duties was always a
lure, and on many grounds it is sad that fewer forces now maintain
amounted branch. The strong detachment of mounted police on
duty and on parade for the Queen's Review in Hyde
Park
was evidence
of the skill and high reputation of the mounted police in London
and
in those county
and
city and borough police forces which sent
representatives; and it was fitting that the famous "Winston", who
has served as the Queen's horse at Trooping the Colour on Her
Majesty's Birthday, should on this occasion be the mount chosen by
Sir John Nott-Bower as Officer in Command of the parade.
Recent Judicial Decisions
CHARGES
OF EMBEZZLEMENT OR
FRAUDULENT
CONVERSION:
ALLEGATION
OF
GENERAL
DEFICIENCY
IN
ACCOUNTS
R. v. Tomlin
ALTHOUGH in the ordinary case where it is possible to trace in-
dividual items
and
to prove their embezzlement or conversion,
it is improper to include all such items in a count charging general
deficiency, that is a rule of practice applicable to circumstances where
it may be required to avoid injustice,
and
cannot be elevated into a
rule of law applicable to all circumstances.
If
in a prosecution for
conversion or embezzlement, where it is impossible to trace individual
items of property or sums of money, the evidence for the prosecution
makes it clear that there has been a conversion or embezzlement of
either the whole or part of a general balance at one time, it is proper
to charge the conversion or embezzlement of the general balance on a
day within a specified period. The practical difficulties in attempting
to fix a precise date for the offence are well known and the cases cited
upon the point in the textbooks are, perhaps, not easily reconcilable.
But the legal position was illuminated in R. v. Lawson (1952, 1
All
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