The defendant, Jane Warwickshall had confessed to receiving stolen property. Because of that confession, the property was found in her lodgings concealed in the sackings of her bed.
Held: The court refused to admit her confession because it had been obtained by promise of favour, but ruled that facts discovered as a result of her inadmissible confession could be proved if that could be done:- ‘without calling in the aid of any part of the confession from which it may have been derived.’
Citations:
(1785) 1 Leach 263
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – C Plc v P and Attorney General Intervening CA 22-May-2007
The respondent had been subject to a civil search, which revealed the existence of obscene images of children on his computer. He appealed against refusal of an order that the evidence should not be passed to the police as evidence. He said that the . .
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Criminal Practice, Evidence
Updated: 01 December 2022; Ref: scu.252559