People (Attorney General) v Cummins
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1974 |
| Date | 01 January 1974 |
| Docket Number | [S.C. No. 35 of 1971] |
| Court | Supreme Court |
The People (Attorney General)
and
Cummins
(S.C.)
Inducement - Whether a voluntary statement - Judges' Rules - Reference of question of law to the Supreme Court - Indictable offence -Preliminary examination - Statement of witness's evidence - Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 (No.12), s. 34.
The accused was tried on indictment in the Circuit Court on a count of shop-breaking and larceny in the premises of Premier Tailors (Ireland) Ltd. At the trial, the prosecution adduced evidence that the accused, while in custody in a police station in relation to another matter, was asked by a policeman "What about Premier Tailors? I believe you did it" and that the accused replied "We did it and we got £255 . . ."; evidence was given that the policeman then cautioned the accused and asked him to make a...
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Buckley v Convening Authority
...that he had a right not to answer questions, notwithstanding his military duty to be present. The People (Attorney General) v. CumminsIR [1972] I.R. 312 applied. 7. That whilst the court-martial, if this point had been raised before it, would still have had a discretion to admit the stateme......
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DPP v John Paul Buck
...K.B. 531 on the origin and early history of the rules, as well as the discussion by Walsh J. in The People (Attorney General) v. Cummins [1972] I.R. 312 at p. 323). A statement, whether exculpatory or inculpatory, obtained in violation of the rules, is a matter of deep concern to the judici......
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Re National Irish Bank Ltd (No 1)
...91. In re McAllister [1973] I.R. 238. Murphy v. Waterfront Commissioners (1964) 378 U.S. 52. The People (Attorney General) v. Cummins [1972] I.R. 312; (1972) 108 I.L.T.R. 5. The People (Attorney General) v. Gilbert [1973] I.R. 383; (1973) 107 I.L.T.R. 89. The People (Attorney General) v. O'......
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Subject Index
.... . 282Penney v East Kent HA [2000] Lloyd’s Rep Med41, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144People vCummins [1972] IR312 . . . . . . . . . . . 231People vFarrell [1978] IR1 . . . . . . . . . . . .231–232People vQuilligan [1986] IR495 . . . . . . . 221, 222Peopl......
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Reconfiguring the Pre-Trial and Trial Processes in Ireland in the Fight against Organised Crime
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