People (Attorney General) v Moore

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date01 January 1950
Date01 January 1950
CourtCourt of Criminal Appeal
C.C.A.
The People (Attorney General)
and
Moore

Charge of having had unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl between the ages of 15 and 17 years - Absence of corroboration of girl's evidence - Necessity for trial judge to direct attention of jury to such absence - Reference to want of corroboration implicit in judge's charge but not expressly mentioned - Reference in judge's charge to practice of warning juries of danger of acting on uncorroborated evidence -Failure of judge to give such warning - Conviction...

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5 cases
  • People (Attorney General) v Trayers
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • January 1, 1956
    ...and a new trial ordered. The People (Attorney-General) v. WilliamsIR [1940] I. R. 195, and The State (Attorney General) v. MooreDIJR[1950] Ir. Jur. Rep. 45 followed. Nature and extent of the trial Judge's discretion to comment on the failure of an accused person to give evidence on oath con......
  • DPP v M.K.
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • July 19, 2005
    ...not propose to elaborate on this rule which has been explained and adopted by Maguire C.J. in The State (Attorney General) v Moore [1950] Ir. Jur. Rep. 45." 82 These are, of course, pre-1990 cases but where in the context of the present law a discretionary warning is given, it is still, in......
  • DPP v P.J.
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • July 31, 2003
    ... 1993 2 IR 186 AG V CRADDEN 1955 IR 130 AG V WILLIAMS 1940 IR 195 R V BASKERVILLE 1916 2 KB 658 AG V TRAVERS 1956 IR 110 AG V MOORE 1950 IR JUR REP 45 O'R (E) V DPP & SHEEHY 1996 2 ILRM 128 1996/7/2102 O'R (D) V DPP 1997 2 IR 273 B V DPP 1997 3 IR 140 M (S) V DPP UNREP MCGUINNESS 20.12......
  • People (Attorney General) v Cradden
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • June 20, 1955
    ...It was for these reasons that the Court allowed the appeal. (1) Before Maguire C.J. , Haugh and Teevan JJ. (1) [1940] I. R. 195. (2) [1950] Ir. Jur. Rep. 45. (3) (1954) A. C. (4) [1905] I K. B. 551. (5) [1896] 2 Q. B. 167. (1) [1916] 2 K. B. 658. (2) [1935] I. R. 908. (3) [1940] I. R. 195. ......
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