Bord na gCon v Murphy

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Court: Supreme Court
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1971
• Docket Number: [S.C. No. 3 1970]
• Date: 01 January 1971

(S.C.)

Bord na gCon

and

Murphy

Hearsay - Statement in writing on subject of offences charged - Statement written and signed by defendant's solicitor apparently on behalf of defendant - Whether statement contained an admission - Proof that defendant made the statement.

The complainants were a statutory body having power to bring prosecutions for contraventions of certain provisions of the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, and the regulations made thereunder. The complainants wrote to the defendant and...