People (Attorney-General) v Longe
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 29 October 1967 |
| Date | 29 October 1967 |
| Court | Court of Criminal Appeal |
(C.C.A.)
People (Attorney-General)
and
Longe
Verdict - Juryman informing trial judge that verdict on issue paper entered by mistake - Whether alleged mistake should be investigated - Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act,1961 (No. 39 of 1961), s. 12.
It would be irregular and against ail precedent and practice to act on the unsworn statement of one member of a jury, then functus officio, in order to alter the verdict of the jury as given in court and entered on the issue paper, which was signed by the foreman on behalf of himself and his fellow jurors. Furthermore, the principle is well established that the nature of the deliberations of a jury in a criminal case should not be revealed or investigated. So held by...
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O'Callaghan v Attorney General
...with the verdict of the jury it did not breach the confidentiality of the jury's deliberations. The People (Attorney General) v. Longe [1967] I.R. 369 distinguished. Semble: That it was important for the preservation of the central position of the jury trial in the constitutional scheme, th......
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DPP v Mahon
...As was said by Haugh J. in delivering the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeal in The People (Attorney General) v. Longe [1967] I.R. 369 (at p. 377):- ‘In our opinion the principle is well established that the nature of the deliberations of a jury in a criminal case should not be revea......
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O'Callaghan v Attorney General
...with the verdict of the jury it did not breach the confidentiality of the jury's deliberations. The People (Attorney General) v. LongeIR [1967] I.R. 369 distinguished. Semble. That it was important for the preservation of the central position of the jury trial in the constitutional scheme, ......
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O'Callaghan v Ag
...TRIAL BY JURY, HAMLYN TRUST LECTURE SERIES 1956 O'HAGAN, THE AMENDMENT OF THE JURY SYSTEM IN IRELAND 1867 ILTSJ 580 AG, PEOPLE V LONGE 1967 IR 369 JURIES ACT 1976 S9(7) JURIES ACT 1976 S23 JURIES ACT 1976 S24 JURIES (PROTECTION) ACT 1929 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1990 MIRROR GROUP (HOLDINGS) LTD......
2 books & journal articles
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Hearsay, Bad Character and Trust in the Jury: Irish and English Contrasts
...the courts have indicated on a number of occasions that the secrecy attaching to jurydeliberations is absolute. See People (AG) vLonge [1967] IR 369; O’Callaghan vAG [1993] 2 IR 17. Aresearcher questioning jurors who had served in an Irish trial would risk prosecution forcommon law contempt of...
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Respect, reform and research: an empirical insight into judge-jury relations
...restrictions on conducting empirical research with jurors have undoubtedly contributed to this research deficit. See People (Longe) v AG [1967] IR 369 and O'Callaghan v AG [1993] 2 IR 17. [2020] Irish Judicial Studies Journal Vol 4(2) 117 IRISH JUDICIAL STUDIES JOURNAL 117 is also limited e......