DPP v Morgan

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1980
• Date: 01 January 1980
• Court: Circuit Court

(Cir. Ct.)

The People (D.P.P.)

and

Morgan

Clandestine searches of accused's handbag - Whether illegal.

The accused was charged with embezzlement of a sum of money from Quinnsworth Limited by whom she was employed as a cashier at their Thurles branch. It was a company rule that handbags be left in the manager's office. From the book of evidence, it appeared that a trap had been set. The accused's handbag was searched clandestinely in the morning in anticipation of a crime. It was then searched twice...