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Regina v De Kromme: 1892

The defendant was indicted for soliciting a servant to conspire to cheat and defraud his master by selling his master’s goods at less than their proper price. Lord Coleridge CJ said that if the servant had sold the goods at less than their proper price, his employer would have been defrauded. The conviction was upheld. The conspiracy which the defendant was charged with inciting did not involve any deceit of the employer.

Judges:

Lord Coleridge CJ

Citations:

[1892] 17 Cox CC 492

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedScott v Metropolitan Police Commissioner; Regina v Scott HL 20-Nov-1974
The defendant had been accused of conspiracy to produce pirate copies of films obtained by purchasing copies from cinema owners without the knowledge or consent of the copyright owners.
Held: To establish a conspiracy to defraud, it was not . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Crime

Updated: 14 November 2022; Ref: scu.324671

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