Attorney General v Christopher Farnan and Others

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1933
• Date: 01 January 1933
• Court: Central Criminal Court (Ireland)

[C. Crim. Ct., I.F.S.]

Attorney-General

and

Christopher Farnan and Others

Receiving money - Money received in form different to that in which it was stolen - Larceny Act, 1916, s. 33 (1) - Evidence -Evidence of accomplice - Evidence of accomplice's wife - Corroboration - Necessity of warning to jury as to danger of convicting without corroboration - Duress - Verdict that crime was committed under duress - Whether tantamount to verdict of "not guilty."

Section 33 (1) of the Larceny Act, 1916, provides...