People (Attorney-General) v O'Callaghan
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1968 |
| Date | 01 January 1968 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
(S.C.)
People (Attorney-General)
and
O'Callaghan
Offences alleged to have been committed when applicant on bail for earlier charges - No likelihood of interference with witnesses - Admissibility of evidence of previous convictions - Principles applicable.
On an application for bail by a prisoner who had been returned for trial on charges of larceny, breaking and entering, malicious damage, receiving, resisting arrest and assault, alleged to have been committed when he was on bail in respect of other charges, the Garda officer in charge of the case, in reply to a question put to him as to his reasons for opposing bail, said:—". . . I feel he will interfere with witnesses if he is allowed bail." This was the only...
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