Hearings
England & Wales
11 Jul 1949 [1949] 2 KB 674, CCA
R v H Sherman Ltd
Subject Matter
CRIME — Criminal law — Charge against incorporated company — Indictable offence — Purported verbal committal for trial by magistrate — Subsequent written order by magistrate empowering prosecutor to prefer bill at Assizes — Bill signed by clerk of assize before order drawn up — Indictment bad — Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86), s. 33 — Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo 5, c. 36), s. 1.