Dunne v Clinton
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Court | High Court (Irish Free State) |
| Judgment Date | 28 May 1930 |
| Date | 28 May 1930 |
[H. C., I.F.S.]
Dunne
and
Clinton
Person suspected of a crime - Detention by Civic Guards without formal arrest - Legality of procedure - Duty of Civic Guards - Person suspected to be brought before a Peace Commissioner as soon as reasonably possible - Liability of Civic Guards - Damages.
A felony having been committed, a Civic Guard requested the two plaintiffs, whom he suspected of complicity in the crime, to go to the Civic Guards' Barracks, which the plaintiffs voluntarily did. When they reached the barracks they were questioned by the defendant, the Chief Superintendent of the...
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People v Shaw
...to this rule provided which appears in the Offences Against the State Act 1939has no relevance to the present case. Dunne v. Clinton 1930 I.R. 366; (and Sup. Ct. unreported); A.G. v. Cox(CCA. 294.1929 unreported); People v. O'Loughlin 1979I.R. 85; People v. Walsh (supra); A.G. v. Higgins 1......
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People v Shaw
...Commissioner or District Justice during the night. This Court agreed with this conclusion. The authorities such as Dunne .v. Clinton ( 1930 I.R. 366) go no further than requiring a person detained to be brought before a Peace Commissioner or District Justice as soon as can reasonably be do......
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DPP v Walsh
...not done invalidate what otherwise was lawful? This, it seems to me, was one of the problems considered and decided in Dunne v. Clinton 1930 I.R.366. This decision has, for almost fifty years, been rightly regarded in out Courts as the leading authority on arrest at common law. It came bef......
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DPP (at the suit of Garda Cheryl Kelly) v Robin Fox
...- Whether evidence obtained during detention admissible - DPP v Finn [2003] 1 IR 372, DPP v McNiece [2003] 2 IR 614, Dunne v Clinton [1930] IR 366 and The People v Walsh [1980] IR 294 considered - Road Traffic Act 1961 (No 24), s 50(4) and (6)(a) - Road Traffic Act 1994 (No 7), s 11 - Pro......
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Courts of Appeal
...in good company -that of the CourtofAppeal.Lawton L.J.'s dictum is in keeping with the opinions expressed byHanna J. in Dunn v. Clinton [1930] I.R. 366, by Stephenson L.J. inR. v. Inwood [1973] I W.L.R. 647; [1973] 37 J.C.L. 256 andViscount Dilhorne in Spencer v. Holt (1976] 63 Cr. App. Rep......