The charge was that the accused had tampered with the ‘pin’ on a fellow-miner’s hutch so as fraudulently to represent that the coal contained therein had been gotten by the accused, and thereby induced his employers to pay him (instead of his fellow-miner) for getting the coal.
Lord Justice-General (Clyde)
[1925] ScotHC HCJ – 1, 1925 SLT 258, 1925 JC 58
Bailii
Scotland
Crime
Leading Case
Updated: 02 November 2021; Ref: scu.279159
