Regina v Morpeth Ward Justices, ex parte Ward: 1992

A bind-over was upheld on people who had noisily and turbulently disrupted a pheasant shoot.

Citations:

(1992) 95 Cr App R 215

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedRedmond-Bate v Director of Public Prosecutions Admn 23-Jul-1999
The police had arrested three peaceful but vociferous preachers when some members of a crowd gathered round them threatened hostility.
Held: Freedom of speech means nothing unless it includes the freedom to be irritating, contentious, . .
CitedWestminster City Council v Owadally and Another Admn 17-May-2017
Defendant must plea to charge, and not counsel
The defendants had, through their barrister, entered pleas of guilty, but the crown court had declared the convictions invalid because this had to have been done by the defendants personally, and remitted the cases and the confiscation proceedings . .
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Crime

Updated: 30 April 2022; Ref: scu.221601