Stolen travellers’ cheques were cashed in France and then presented through normal banking channels to a bank in England. The first and main ground of appeal was that no offence had been thereby committed within the jurisdiction of the Crown Court, because the ‘execution’ of the valuable security, by its ‘acceptance’, had taken place in France.
Held: ‘we see no good reason why there should not be a series of acceptances, ie executions, in respect of a traveller’s cheque, and provided the last of them, namely when the final act of payment on the cheque is made, occurs here, the Crown Court has jurisdiction to deal with the offence. ‘ The court held that, on the facts of that case, that is what had happened, and therefore the court had had jurisdiction to try the case
Judges:
Watkins LJ
Citations:
(1984) 80 Crim App R 355
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina 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 . .
Distinguished – Regina v Nanayakkara CACD 1987
US Treasury social security orders were stolen in the USA, and brought to London, where they were endorsed at a bank for payment in the USA.
Held: On those facts the ‘acceptance’ of the bills could only have taken place in the USA, and . .
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Crime
Updated: 29 April 2022; Ref: scu.196560
