The Weekly Law Reports
[1965] 3 WLR 1138
[BRISTOL ASSIZES.]
REGINA
v.
MCDONNELL.
1965 May 20.
Nield J.
Crime
— Conspiracy
— Company, with
— “One man” company
— Defendant sole person responsible for acts of company
— Whether a conspiracy between defendant and company.
Crime
— Conspiracy
— Indictment
— “Rolled-up charge”
— Undesirability.
Crime
— Indictment
— Count, framing of
— Committal for trial on charges of conspiracy with company “and with others unknown”
— “And with others unknown” omitted from counts in indictment
— Whether a substantial departure from charges
— Whether ground for quashing indictment
— Whether sufficient evidence disclosed on deposition to support charge
— “The offence”
—
Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 36), s. 2 (2).
Company
— Psyche
— Conspiracy to defraud
— Director sole person responsible for acts of company
— Whether director can conspire with company.