Woodage v Moss

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1974
CourtDivisional Court
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5 cases
  • R v General
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 26 Abril 2002
    ...Lord Reid applied. (9) Warner v. Metropolitan Police Commr., [1969] 2 A.C. 256; [1968] 2 All E.R. 356, followed. (10) Woodage v. Moss, [1974] 1 W.L.R. 411; [1974] 1 All E.R. 584, followed. Legislation construed: Firearms Law (1998 Revision) (Law 17 of 1964, revised 1998), s.3(1): ‘No person......
  • R v Chin
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 17 Diciembre 1987
    ...within one day. During this period Mr. Hoo still retained possession. 27 These general submissions were supported by the authorities of Woodage v. Moss [1974] 1 All E.R. 585 and Sullivan v. Earl of Caithness [1976] 1 All E.R. 844. 28 The headnote to the report of Woodage v. Moss summarizes ......
  • R v Fitzroy Derek Pommell
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 16 Mayo 1995
    ...Firearms Act are intended to be strictly enforced. A graphic example of that is to be found in the decision of the Divisional Court in Woodage v Moss (1974) 1 W.L.R. 411. In that case, an unknown man called at the house of the defendant and offered to sell him a revolver. The defendant poin......
  • R v Pommell
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 16 Mayo 1995
    ...accepted that the provisions of the Firearms Act 1968 were intended to be strictly enforced: see, for example, Woodage v MossWLR ((1974) 1 WLR 411). Considering the defence of necessity, there was an obvious attraction in the argument that if A found B in possession of a gun which he was ab......
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3 books & journal articles
  • The Licensing of Section 1 Firearms and Ammunition
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill The Firearms Law Handbook - 8th Edition Contents
    • 29 Agosto 2019
    ...Warner v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1968] 2 All ER 356. 28 Sullivan v Earl of Caithness [1976] 1 All ER 844. 29 Woodage v Moss [1974] 1 All ER 584. Note that if the person conveying the firearm had been a carrier in business as such or an RFD in business as such, or acting as an empl......
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill The Firearms Law Handbook - 8th Edition Contents
    • 29 Agosto 2019
    ...ER 1044, [1967] 2 WLR 1072, DC 202 Wilson v Coombe [1989] 1 WLR 78, (1989) 88 Cr App R 322, [1989] COD 192, QBD 72, 76 Woodage v Moss [1974] 1 All ER 584, [1974] 1 WLR 411, [1974] Crim LR 104, DC 45 ...
  • Testing Fidelity to Legal Values: Official Involvement and Criminal Justice
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 63-5, September 2000
    • 1 Septiembre 2000
    ...where the conviction for conspiracy to defraud was upheld.104 [1995] 1 AC 111.105 [1995] 2 Cr App R 607, not following Woodage vMoss [1974] 1 WLR 411.The Modern Law Review [Vol. 63654 ßThe Modern Law Review Limited had just taken them off another man, who was intending to commit a crime wit......

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