Rex v Threlfall: CCA 1914

The court considered an allegation of perjury under the 1911 Act, saying: ‘The section . . amounts to this, that there can be no conviction on the evidence of one witness alone; there must be one witness and something else in addition’

Citations:

[1914] 10 CAR 112

Statutes:

Perjury Act 1911 4

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedRegina v Cooper CACD 5-May-2010
The defendant appealed his conviction for perjury. On being accused of using a mobile phone when driving, he claimed to have been using a hands free system. Evidence later showed that his kit had been fitted only after the date of the alleged . .
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Crime

Updated: 08 May 2022; Ref: scu.409987