The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1977] QB 614
[COURT OF APPEAL]
REGINA
v.
HOWELLS
1977 Feb. 1,
3,
4;
18
Browne L.J., Donaldson and Talbot JJ.
Crime
— Firearms
— Possession of
— No certificate
— Belief honestly held on reasonable grounds of firearm being antique firearm
— Whether defence to charge of possession without certificate
— Whether absolute offence
— “Antique firearm … possessed as a curiosity or ornament”
—
Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27), ss. 1 (1) (a), 58 (2)