The Weekly Law Reports
[1962] 3 WLR 694
[COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL AND HOUSE OF LORDS.]
CHANDLER AND OTHERS APPELLANTS; AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS RESPONDENT.
1962 April 2,
11.
1962 May 30, 31;
June 4, 5;
July 12.
1962 May 30, 31;
June 4, 5;
July 12.
Lord Parker C.J., Ashworth and Hinchcliffe JJ. LORD REID, LORD RADCLIFFE, LORD HODSON, LORD DEVLIN and LORD PEARCE.
Crime
— Official secrets
— Prejudice to State
— Evidence
— Conspiracy to enter and incite others to enter a prohibited place
— Purpose of entry to ground aircraft to present carriage of nuclear weapons
— Meaning of “purpose”
— Evidence by Crown witness that entry prejudicial to State
— Judge's exclusion of cross-examination and evidence as to defendants' intention and showing that acts in fact beneficial to State
— Whether judge right in so ruling
— Whether acts disclosed conspiracy to commit breach of section 1 of Act of 1911
—
Official Secrets Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 28), s. 1 (1).
Crown
— Prerogative
— Safety of State
— Evidence as to interests of State
— Challenge of policy
— Evidence by Crown witness that defendants' plan to enter prohibited place prejudicial to State
— Judge's refusal to allow cross-examination and evidence as to defendants' intention and to challenge policy of Crown
— Whether judge right in so ruling
—
Official Secrets Act, 1911, s. 1 (1).
Statute
— Construction
— Side note
— Cannot be used as aid to construction
—
Official Secrets Act, 1911, s. 1 (post, p. 705).