It was proved that the defendant had the intention to commit an offence. Viscount Caldecote CJ said ‘A person might, for instance, be convicted of making an offer of an article at too high a price by putting it in his shop window to be sold at an excessive price, although there would be no evidence of anybody having passed the shop window or having seen the offer or the exposure of the article for sale at that price.’
Judges:
Viscount Caldecote CJ
Citations:
[1943] 1 All ER 315
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Distinguished – Fisher v Bell QBD 10-Nov-1960
A shopkeeper displayed a flick-knife in his window for sale. A price was also displayed. He was charged with offering it for sale, an offence under the Act. The words ‘offer for sale’ were not defined in the Act, and therefore the magistrates . .
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Crime
Updated: 07 December 2022; Ref: scu.185105
