§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Attorney-General if charges were reinstituted after being thrown out in the magistrates' courts in the case of Regina v Harris, 359W Stockwin and Davies, heard at the Central Criminal Court in October 1975; what were the final charges on which defendants were acquitted; and what was the cost to public funds of the case.
§ The Attorney-GeneralNo charges were reinstated after being dismissed by the magistrates. The defendants were acquitted on one joint charge of conspiracy to rob; Harris was also acquitted on charges of taking a motor vehicle without authority and driving a motor vehicle taken without authority. Information about the cost of the case to public funds is not available, and could not be ascertained without disproportionate expense.
§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Attorney General if charges were reinstituted after being thrown out in magistrates' courts in the case of Regina v McManus, Wing-field and Brown, heard at the Central Criminal Court in October 1975; what were the charges on which defendants were acquitted; and what were the costs to public funds of the case.
§ The Attorney-GeneralNo charges were reinstated after being dismissed by the magistrates. Brown was acquitted on charges of robbery, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, assault with intent to rob and attempted robbery. Information about the cost of the case to public funds is not available, and could not be ascertained without disportionate expense.
§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Attorney-General if charges were reinstituted after being thrown out in magistrates' courts in the cases of Regina v Jenkins, Castell Quinton, Trusty, Chard, Williams, Hyde, Smith, McCartney, Cook and Harris; what were the charges on which defendants were acquitted; and what was the cost to public funds of the case which concluded at the Central Criminal Court in November 1975.
§ The Attorney-GeneralNo charges were reinstated after being dismissed by the magistrates. Defendants were acquitted on the following charges: Mr. Quinton was acquitted on two counts of handling stolen goods; Mr. Castell was acquitted of conspiracy to rob; Mr. Hyde and Mr. Smith were acquitted of attempted murder; Mr. Williams was360W acquitted of handling stolen goods and assisting an offender; Mr. James Bernard Trusty was acquitted of attempted murder and wounding with intent to resist arrest.
Information about the cost of the case to public funds is not available, and could not be ascertained without disproportionate expense.