People (Attorney General) v Gilbert
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 13 April 1973 |
| Date | 13 April 1973 |
| Docket Number | [No. 14 of 1972] |
| Court | Court of Criminal Appeal |
Whether a voluntary statement - Statement made in reply to questions asked by police -Statute imposing penalty for failure to give information -Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24), s. 107.
The accused was tried in the Circuit Court on indictment for receiving a motor car, knowing it to have been stolen, contrary to s. 33, sub-s. 1, of the Larceny Act, 1916, he was convicted and sentenced. Before the trial a policeman had invoked s. 107 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, and had asked the accused to state who was using the car at a particular time, the accused had answered that he was using it at that time. Under s. 107 of the Act of 1961 a person commits an offence if he fails to give any information in his power relating to the identity of the person usinga vehicle, it so requested by a policeman. The accused was informed of the penalty under s. 107 before he was so questioned. At the trial of the accused, evidence of his incriminatory statement was given. On appeal by the accused It was Held, by the Court of Criminal Appeal (FitzGerald C.J., Murnaghan and Pringle JJ.), in allowing the appeal, 1, that the statement made by the accused in answering the...
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