Example sentences of "[art] accused ['s] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) The social importance of the accused 's conduct does not depend on such an intention . |
| 2 | The fact that the accused 's wife spent money on their flat does not mean that he assisted in the disposal of money stolen by the wife : Coleman [ 1986 ] Crim LR 56 . |
| 3 | It should be noted that ( a ) where the accused 's behaviour falls within s.2(1) , Ghosh is irrelevant : Wootton , above ; ( b ) that the accused may act dishonestly even though he did something which the civil law allows him to do , such as retain the overpayment of a bet ( Gilks [ 1972 ] 1 WLR 1341 ) ; and ( c ) that as a result of Lawrence v DPP , above , a person may be dishonest despite the fact that the owner has consented to the appropriation . |
| 4 | Accordingly , the accused 's behaviour did not amount to an intention permanently to deprive the owner of the information . |
| 5 | Robert Anthony , for Sim , 33 , of Portobello Road , London , told the High Court in Edinburgh the accused 's cousin had borrowed £5,000 from moneylenders in London but disappeared when he was unable to repay it . |
| 6 | The accused 's intention had to be considered to determine whether he wished to use it to inflict injury . |
| 7 | However in R. v. Samuel ( C.A. 1988 ) , the theft of £300 from a Building Society was considered a serious arrestable offence , both because of the use of a sawn-off shot gun in the raid and also because of the accused 's intention to cause serious financial loss to the Building Society . |
| 8 | But if the cause is reasonably capable of being associated with the promotion of lawful business interests the judge should not allow the case to go to the jury if there is no evidence of the accused 's intention going beyond such lawful business interests … |
| 9 | With regard to blackmail the Criminal Law Revision Committee did not want a test that the accused 's belief had to be reasonable because such could be out of line with the rest of the 1968 Act , yet Feely and Ghosh do just that in relation to dishonesty falling outside of s.2(1) . |
| 10 | In the London , Ontario case , each of the three complainants admitted that they had participated willingly in the sexual relationship , so the accused 's solicitor argued that there was no evidence of a sexual assault . |
| 11 | It is a ‘ right ’ to the extent that , at the trial , the prosecution may not comment at all on the accused 's failure to answer questions and the judge may refer to it , but not adversely : the point is that in no circumstances should silence be used against an accused person . |
| 12 | This led the judge at the preliminary inquiry to consider whether the complainants ' consent had been vitiated by the accused 's failure to disclose his HIV status before engaging in unprotected sex . |