The court had excluded evidence that the murder victim, who had run out of a house with her throat cut, had said to her aunt ‘see what Harry has done’.
Citations:
(1879) 14 Cox CC 341
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Disapproved – Ratten v The Queen PC 1-Jul-1971
Res Gestae to admit circumstances of complaint
(Victoria) Evidence had been admitted under the res gestae rule, that a woman making a telephone call was in a hysterical state.
Held: It was properly used. Where a statement is made either by the victim of an attack or by a bystander, which . .
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Criminal Evidence
Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.542330
