Hearings
England & Wales
19 Jan 1953 [1953] 1 QB 481; [1953] 2 WLR 274, CCA
R v Melvin
Subject Matter
CRIME — Criminal law — Appeal — Alternative counts — Acquittal on larceny count — Conviction for receiving — Court's power to substitute correct verdict — Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 23), s. 5 (2).
Commentary
Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Returning the Verdict - General Procedure - Verdicts on Alternative Counts
D19.71