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People (Attorney-General) v Bond

Irish Reports (Digests) Irish Reports Cited authorities 6 Cited in 12 Precedent Map Related
JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date01 January 1966
Date01 January 1966
CourtHigh Court
(H.C.)
People (Attorney-General)
and
Bond

Imputations on character of prosecution witnesses - Disclosure of prior convictions of accused - Criminal Justice (Evidence) Act, 1924, s. 1 (f) - Identification of accused - Failure of witness to identify accused at identification parade - Accused identified by witness subsequently in Court.

The applicant was tried in the Central Criminal Court before a judge and jury and was convicted of stopping a mail with intent to rob the mail. Three of the witnesses for the prosecution had failed to identify the applicant at an identification parade, but they identified him subsequently in Court. The trial judge's charge to the jury contained a strong warning of the danger of acting on such evidence of...

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3 cases
  • DPP v Ferris
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 10 June 2002
    ...accused's good character and should not imply any disposition to commit the offence in question. The People (Attorney General) v. Bond [1966] I.R. 214 considered. R. v. Rowton (1865) Le. & Ca. 520 approved. Stirland v. Director of Public Prosecutions [1944] A.C. 315 not followed. 3. That th......
  • DPP v Ferris
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 10 June 2002
    ...ACT 1924 S1(f)(ii) CRIMINAL JUSTICE (EVIDENCE) ACT 1924 S1(f)(iii) R v ROWTON 10 COX CC 25 R v BUTTERWASSER 1948 1 KB 4 AG, PEOPLE v BOND 1966 IR 214 CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) (AMDT) ACT 1990 S7 CRIMINAL LAW (RAPE) (AMDT) ACT 1990 S7(1) DPP v M (J E) (AKA M (S)) UNREP DENHAM 1.2.2000 2000/8/3053......
  • Minister for Justice and Equality v Jason Patrick Buckley
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 28 May 2014
    ...IEHC 320 CRIMINAL JUSTICE (EVIDENCE) ACT 1924 S1 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2010 S33 DPP v FERRIS 2008 1 IR 1 2002/9/2061 AG, PEOPLE v BOND 1966 IR 214 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE CO COUNCIL v B (K) & B (K) 2012 2 ILRM 170 2013/40/11598 2011 IESC 48 EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 S16(1) Criminal Law – Co......
1 books & journal articles
  • Hearsay, Bad Character and Trust in the Jury: Irish and English Contrasts
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 17-3, July 2013
    • 1 July 2013
    ...original.6 Section 1(f) of the Criminal Justice (Evidence) Act 1924 contains the Irish law on this point.7 See, e.g., People (AG) vBond [1966] IR 214.8 The leading case is People (AG) vO’Brien [1965] IR 142. For a discussion of the rationale underpinning theO’Brien rule of exclusion, see Y.......

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