A witness saw a lorry involved in an incident and noted its registration number. He then gave the number to a policeman who had not seen the lorry.
Held: The evidence by the policeman of his note of the lorry’s number plate was inadmissible hearsay. Diplock LJ said: ‘The hearsay rule has little to do with common sense.’
Judges:
Diplock LJ
Citations:
[1967] 1 WLR 1286, [1967] 3 All ER 205
Cited by:
Cited – Chinn, Regina v CACD 15-Mar-2012
The defendant appealed against his conviction for a serious assault. He argued that the prosecution should not have been allowed to introduce parts of a witness’ statement where the witness could not remember the underlying events directly.
Cited – Chinn, Regina v CACD 15-Mar-2012
The defendant appealed against his conviction for a serious assault. He argued that the prosecution should not have been allowed to introduce parts of a witness’ statement where the witness could not remember the underlying events directly.
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Criminal Evidence
Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.452168
