Example sentences of "the accused [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the accused takes a cross from a display at a church , he is not guilty if the cross is part of worship , not part of an exhibition : Barr [ 1978 ] Crim LR 244 . |
| 2 | If the accused takes the umbrella and leaves it on a bus , the victim is unlikely to get it back . |
| 3 | It is not sufficient that the accused takes the car as a joke , as happened in Stokes [ 1982 ] Crim LR 695 ( CA ) , where the accused pushed a car round a corner in order to create the impression that it had been stolen . |
| 4 | It would seem to cover the situation where the accused takes the victim 's umbrella dishonestly and the victim buys back the umbrella , not realising that it is his own . |
| 5 | The position is different where the accused takes the victim 's season ticket , uses it up and then hands it back . |
| 6 | There was no need for the accused to reach the restaurant door . |
| 7 | The accused had no insurance . |
| 8 | In Francis [ 1982 ] Crim LR 363 , the accused had a stick with him when he demanded entry into a house , but not when he was stealing from a room . |
| 9 | Among the Sinhalese and Tamils , Clarence argued , convictions were difficult when the accused had a position of influence . |
| 10 | In Jennings , above , the accused had a sheathknife to protect himself from a person with whom he had been quarrelling . |
| 11 | The Court of Appeal held that the accused had a duty to provide information as to the status of his patients . |
| 12 | In Hargreaves [ 1985 ] Crim LR 243 , the accused had a piece of wire adapted to clock up credits on gaming machines . |
| 13 | Charles decided that the accused had the bank 's authority to draw the cheque so as to create a contract between the bank and the payee . |
| 14 | In R v Mehmed [ 1963 ] Crim LR 780 where the accused had an air pistol which he produced in another 's private house , it would be reasonable to assume that he must have carried it in a public place to get it there or to take it away . |
| 15 | This type occurs where the accused represents the truth to another but afterwards the facts change and the accused does not inform the victim that the facts have changed . |
| 16 | In Wakeman v Farrar [ 1974 ] Crim LR 136 ( DC ) , the accused received a warning that he must return a lost cheque after he had received an over-the-counter payment from the Department of Health and Social Security . |
| 17 | In Peart , the more authoritative case , the accused received a car from the victim when he had told him he wanted it for a certain journey . |
| 18 | The position has been held to apply to an insurance agent , who was under no duty to hand those notes and coins to the company ( Robertson [ 1977 ] Crim LR 173 ( CA ) ) , and to a person in receipt of housing benefit , who was under no legal obligation to use the money to pay off rent arrears ( DPP v Huskinson [ 1988 ] Crim LR 620 ) , even though that was the purpose for which the accused received the benefit . |
| 19 | The Divisional Court in the second case even said that s.12 was inapplicable where there was a fundamental mistake e.g. the accused deceived the victim as to his identity . |
| 20 | Once it is shown that the deception caused the obtaining , there is no need to prove that the accused suffered a loss : Kovacs [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 370 ( CA ) . |
| 21 | In Donaghy [ 1981 ] Crim LR 644 ( Crown Court ) , the accused ordered a taxi-driver to take him from Newmarket to London and made threats to his life . |
| 22 | It has been suggested that " on " means " against " and therefore it is not robbery if the accused snatches the victim 's bag unless the victim retains hold or recovers it and there is a fight . |
| 23 | Under Morris any assumption of any of the rights of the owner suffices , and there is no need to prove that the accused deprived the owner of anything . |
| 24 | If the accused gets a video on credit intending to sell it , he has obtained it by deception and he has assumed one of the rights of the owner within the definition of appropriation . |
| 25 | In Warner the accused took a box of tools , intending to return them shortly . |
| 26 | The accused drove a car , which was under repair , from one place to secure premises . |
| 27 | Following their usual custom the accused kept the medal until the victim collected it later in the day when the latter would pay for it . |
| 28 | Similarly , it is not blackmail where the accused extorts a position of honour or release from lawful custody . |
| 29 | If the accused enters a country mansion which is open only on certain days and takes a painting on a day when the house is open to the public he is guilty . |
| 30 | If the accused enters a restaurant intending to pay but then decides not to , the waiter is relying on the continuing representation that the accused will pay . |