Example sentences of "[art] accused ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) The social importance of the accused 's conduct does not depend on such an intention . |
| 2 | But he said he was ‘ very anxious indeed ’ to discover ‘ the feelings ’ of the victim ‘ in relation to the disposal of the accused 's case ’ if she were prepared to assist . |
| 3 | Later James McInally , a forensic scientist with Lothian and Borders police , told the court that after tests on the accused 's clothing and in the burned house , they had concluded that Sutherland had been involved in splashing petrol in the house . |
| 4 | Mr McInally said that forensic tests had revealed liquid petrol on the accused 's shirt and jeans . |
| 5 | He does not have to believe on reasonable grounds that he has reasonable grounds for making the demand and so on : Lambert [ 1972 ] Crim LR 422 , where the accused threatened to tell the victim 's employers of his affair with the accused 's wife . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In the second appeal , the tape clearly did demonstrate something about the gruffness and depth of the accused 's voice which could not have been gleaned from the transcript . |
| 8 | Similarly , if the accused obtains the thing by deception through inducing a mistaken belief in the mind of the victim but ownership is not transferred because of the type of mistake , the victim retains an interest within s.5(1) and accordingly the property can be stolen by the accused 's appropriation . |
| 9 | ( c ) As the shop assistant in Lambie said in her evidence , it did not matter to her what the accused 's credit status was at her bank because the shop would be paid whether the credit was good or bad . |
| 10 | The accused 's conviction was quashed because the judge had not explained to the jury that the sale amounted to theft only if the victim had a " proprietary right or interest " in the video . |
| 11 | On the facts of Lawrence the accused 's conviction for theft was upheld even though the victim intended to transfer property . |
| 12 | Section 2(1) ( c ) was fulfilled and the accused 's conviction was affirmed . |
| 13 | The accused 's conviction for manslaughter was upheld . |
| 14 | He told the court he did n't believe the accused 's story , Kim was shy and self-conscious and he did n't believe she would have brought Shukir back to the flat . |
| 15 | Carol Brockwell told the court she was shocked by the accused 's story . |
| 16 | Section 5(4) should be read as not applying to mistakes induced by the accused 's deception . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Accordingly , the accused 's behaviour did not amount to an intention permanently to deprive the owner of the information . |
| 19 | In the case of instruments proof of the accused 's intent when entering the building with the instrument would be required , i.e. was the instrument only used to gain entry ( no entry ) or was it used to intimidate or to steal goods ? |
| 20 | A possible reconciliation is to argue that in Collins the accused 's intent was to rape , if necessary , whereas in Jones & Smith there was no " if necessary " about the intent to steal . |
| 21 | Since the possession of the knife was not in itself illegal , the jury should have been directed to look at the accused 's intent . |
| 22 | ( b ) Putting goods into the accused 's shopping bag : McPherson [ 1973 ] Crim LR 191 ( CA ) . |
| 23 | In Mulligan [ 1990 ] STC 220 ( CA ) stolen Inland Revenue Certificates about payment of tax were found in the accused 's sock . |
| 24 | The Criminal Law Revision Committee , Eighth Report , Theft and Related Offences , Cmnd 2977 , para. 123 , goes against Lambert in that it would have given a defence only when the accused 's act was " morally and socially acceptable " . |
| 25 | The defence argument was solely that Caldwell could be distinguished on the grounds that in DPP v K there was a gap between the accused 's act and the injury , an argument which the court rejected . |
| 26 | The jury must place themselves in the accused 's position with the accused 's knowledge . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It was sufficient that the victim was so shocked by the accused 's presence that the victim suffered a stroke . |
| 29 | There is no requirement that the abstraction is for the accused 's benefit . |
| 30 | The jury must place themselves in the accused 's position with the accused 's knowledge . |