R v Loveridge
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- Facts
- Loveridge sits beside Prater and Bagley. No year, charge or judgment is set out. None is invented here.
- Issue
- Does the warning apply to a witness for the defence?
- Held
- Loveridge is authority that it does not. The report should be read for the holding.
- Principle
- A witness called by the defence, even one who could be called an accomplice, does not attract the warning required for a Crown accomplice.
- Why it matters
- Prater is the case with facts. This card only stops the name being a blank.
Words and Latin in this note
- Accomplice
- A witness who was a party to the offence, a receiver giving evidence against the thieves, or a party to another offence the prosecution uses to prove the charge. If the prosecution calls him, the judge warns the jury of the danger of convicting on his evidence alone. Open the note.
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