The Board looked at the discretion which lay with a prosecutor as to whether to call witnesses.
Held: The discretion, in the first instance at any rate, rested with the prosecution: ‘And the court will not interfere with the exercise of that discretion, unless, perhaps, it can be shown that the prosecutor has been influenced by some oblique motive.’
Judges:
Lord Thankerton
Citations:
[1944] AC 156
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Oliva CCA 18-May-1965
The defendant appealed his conviction for wounding one Brian Rutledge with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Both the victim, Mr Rutledge, and also a man named Hampden gave evidence at the committal proceedings and their names appeared on the . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Criminal Practice
Updated: 10 May 2022; Ref: scu.242114
