Attorney General v Sullivan

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 12 July 1964
• Date: 12 July 1964
• Court: Supreme Court

(S.C.)

Attorney-General

and

Sullivan

Acts of preparation - Acts proximate to intended offences - Evidence - Form of charges - Particularity of alleged offences - Omission of statement that offences were contrary to statute or common law.

M.S. was a registered midwife, employed by the Cork Corporation under an agreement between her and the South Cork Board of Public Assistance, whereby she contracted to provide midwifery services, which the Board was under a statutory obligation to provide in certain cases. Her basic salary was £208 per annum and she was entitled to £4 4s. 0d. for every case attended by her for the Board in any year in excess of twenty-five cases; until this latter figure was reached no fees were payable to her. M.S. was charged in the District Court on three summonses with unlawfully attempting to obtain money by false pretences with intent to defraud. On the hearing of...