Attorney General (Ryan) v Egan

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Court: High Court
• Judgment Date: 19 October 1948
• Date: 19 October 1948

(H.C.),

Attorney-General (Ryan)

and

Egan

Admissibility - Collision between two vehicles - Drivers prosecuted separately for driving to the danger of the public -Both charges arising out of the same incident -Whether each defendant a competent and compellable witness against the other.

Two vehicles, driven respectively by E. and K., collided upon the road. Each driver was served with a summons under s. 51 of the Road Traffic Act, 1933, charging him with dangerous driving. The cases were heard...