Attorney General (The People) v Williams

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date19 April 1940
Date19 April 1940
CourtSupreme Court
(S.C.),
The People (Attorney-General)
and
Williams

Girl under 15 years - Evidence of prosecutrix - Absence of corroboration - Judge's charge - Necessity for warning the jury - Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935 (No. 6 of 1935), s. 1, sub-s. 1.

Where, on a charge of unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 15 years of age, there is no corroboration of the evidence of the prosecutrix, the attention of the jury should be directed by the Judge to the absence of corroboration and a warning should be given...

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30 cases
  • DPP v Murphy
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 21 January 2005
    ...of previous convictions admissible as corroborative of guilt of accused - R v Baskerville [1916] 2 KB 658 and People (AG) v Williams [1940] IR 195 followed; AG v Stevens [1934] 1 Frewen 12; People (AG) v Havelin (1952) 86 ILTR 168; People (AG) v Goulding [1964] Ir Jur Rep 54; People (AG)......
  • People (Attorney General) v Trayers
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 1 January 1956
    ...explanation on oath, and therefore the conviction must be set aside and a new trial ordered. The People (Attorney-General) v. WilliamsIR [1940] I. R. 195, and The State (Attorney General) v. MooreDIJR[1950] Ir. Jur. Rep. 45 followed. Nature and extent of the trial Judge's discretion to comm......
  • DPP v P.J.
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 31 July 2003
    ...3.12.2001 (EX TEMPORE) CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) )(AMDT) ACT 1990 S 7(2) DPP V REID 1993 2 IR 186 AG V CRADDEN 1955 IR 130 AG V WILLIAMS 1940 IR 195 R V BASKERVILLE 1916 2 KB 658 AG V TRAVERS 1956 IR 110 AG V MOORE 1950 IR JUR REP 45 O'R (E) V DPP & SHEEHY 1996 2 ILRM 128 1996/7/2102 O'R (D) ......
  • DPP v M.K.
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 19 July 2005
    ...to implicate the accused in the commission of the crime with which he was charged' (per Sullivan C.J. in Attorney General v Williams [1940] I.R. 195 at page 200). I do not propose to elaborate on this rule which has been explained and adopted by Maguire C.J. in The State (Attorney General)......
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