It is the indictable offence of attempting to pervert the course of justice knowingly to charge a man falsely with any crime.
Citations:
(1775) 19 St Tr 745
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Cotter and Others CACD 10-May-2002
The defendants appealed against convictions for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. They said that the fact that an investigation followed a false allegation was insufficient to found a complaint, and that the extent of the crime was so . .
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Crime
Updated: 14 November 2022; Ref: scu.383661
