The State (Taylor) v Wicklow Circuit Court Judge and Others
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Court | High Court |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1953 |
| Docket Number | (1949. No. 10 S.S.) |
| Date | 01 January 1953 |
(H.C.)
The State (Taylor)
and
Wicklow Circuit Court Judge and Others
Prosecution for driving or attempting to drive mechanically propelled vehicle in a public place while drunk - Whether offence one known to the law - No proof offered of Road Traffic Act, 1933, having been brought into operation - Whether the fact that the Act was in operation ought to be judicially noticed- Habeas corpus - Certiorari - Road Traffic Act, 1933 (No. 11 of 1933), ss. 2, 30.
T. was prosecuted in the District Court and convicted, under s. 30 of the Road Traffic Act, 1933, of attempting to drive a mechanically propelled vehicle in a public place while drunk. He was sentenced to "one month's imprisonment with H.L." On appeal to the Circuit Court the prosecutor submitted inter alia 1, that the prosecution was not entitled to succeed in the absence of proof that Part III of the said Act (containing s. 30)...
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DPP v Cleary
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Kelly v District Judge Dempsey & DPP
...v Cleary [2005] IECCA 51, [2005] 2 IR 189, and King v Attorney General [1981] IR 233 applied; State (Taylor) v Circuit Judge of Wicklow [1951] IR 311 approved; Attorney General v Parke [2004] IESC 100, (Unrep, SC, 6/12/2004) distinguished; People (Attorney General) v Kennedy [1946] IR 517, ......
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Mitchell & McCann v Member in Charge Terenure Garda Station
...THE STATE (AMDT) ACT 1998 S18 INTERPRETATION ACT 2005 S13 INTERPRETATION ACT 1937 S6 TAYLOR, STATE v CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE OF WICKLOW & ORS 1951 IR 311 DPP v COLLINS 1981 ILRM 447 DPP, PEOPLE v CLEARY 2005 2 IR 189 2005/19/3896 2005 IECCA 51 DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE ACT 1925 S2 DOCUMENTARY EVID......
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DPP v Collins
...notice of the statutory instrument. 19An example is to be found in the case of The State (Taylor) v. Circuit Judge of Wicklow and Others 1951 I.R. 311. Taylor had been convicted in November in the District Court of attempting to drive a mechancially propelled vehicle in a public place, con......
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