Regina v Baxter: 1972

The charge was attempting to obtain property by deception by posting letters from Northern Ireland to pools promoters in England. The demand had arrived in England and had been intended to do damage there.
Held: ‘The attempt to obtain the money by deception in the shape of a letter can be likened to the demand by letter which was under consideration in the House of Lords [in Treacy]: and it appears that all their Lordships were disposed to hold that had it been a case of a demand dispatched abroad which had arrived in England, there would have been jurisdiction here to try the offence-indeed three of their Lordships specifically so stated’

Citations:

[1972] 1 QB

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

CitedTreacy v Director of Public Prosecutions HL 1970
Blackmail was alleged under section 21 of the 1968 Act, the letter making the unwarranted demand with menaces having been posted from England to an intended victim in Germany.
Held: The appeal was dismissed. To allow an English court to have . .

Cited by:

CitedRegina v Wall 1974
The charge was fraudulent evasion of the restriction on importation of dangerous drugs. For that offence to be committed, the drugs in question must necessarily arrive in this country.
Held: If sending a letter from abroad to England . .
CitedRegina v Manning CACD 24-Jun-1998
The defendant appealed his conviction for obtaining property by deception where part of the offence had taken place abroad.
Held: Smith should be overturned. The last act or terminatory theory remains the binding common law of England and . .
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Crime

Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.196568