Regina v Rider: 1954

The expression ‘charge’ is usually used to describe a formal accusation that a person has committed a criminal offence.
Stratfield J said: ‘there is another principle that one ought to apply, namely, that section . . exists for the purpose of the liberty of the subject, and if there is any doubt in its construction I think that one ought to lean more in favour of the subject than against the subject.’

Judges:

Stratfield J

Citations:

[1954] 1 WLR 463, [1954] 1 All ER 5

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedAB v Her Majesty’s Advocate SC 5-Apr-2017
This appeal is concerned with a challenge to the legality of legislation of the Scottish Parliament which deprives a person, A, who is accused of sexual activity with an under-aged person, B, of the defence that he or she reasonably believed that B . .
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Criminal Practice

Updated: 26 July 2022; Ref: scu.640833