People (Attorney General) v Griffin
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Judgment Date | 10 May 1974 |
Date | 10 May 1974 |
Docket Number | [S.C. No. 10 of 1972] |
Court | Supreme Court |
Failure of proof by prosecution - Jurisdiction of Court of Criminal Appeal - Courts of Justice Act, 1928 (No.15), s. 5.
The Court of Criminal Appeal quashed a conviction against an accused on the ground that there had been a failure on the part of the prosecution to prove formally a statutory instrument which created the offence charged, but that court directed a retrial of the accused for the offence. Because of such failure, counsel for the accused...
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