Lord Mansfield said that: ‘a man accepting an office of trust concerning the public, especially if attended with profit, is answerable criminally to the King for misbehaviour in his office; this is true, by whomever and in whatever way the officer is appointed’.
Judges:
Lord Mansfield
Citations:
(1783) 99 ER 679
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Cosford and Others CACD 16-Apr-2013
The appellants, female prison workers, appealed against their convictions for misconduct in public office having been found to have engaged in sexual activity with male prisoners.
Held: The appeals were dismissed: ‘Nothing in the authorities . .
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Crime
Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.513539