Baksh v The Queen
Weekly Law Reports (ICLR)/1958/Volume 2 /MOHAMED FIAZ BAKSH APPELLANT; AND THE QUEEN RESPONDENT. - [1958] 2 WLR 536 [1958] 2 WLR 536 [PRIVY COUNCIL.] MOHAMED FIAZ BAKSH APPELLANT; AND THE QUEEN RESPONDENT. ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL OF BRITISH GUIANA. 1958 Feb. 13;Mar. 11. LORD REID, LORD TUCKER, LORD SOMERVELL OF HARROW, LORD DENNING and the RT. HON. L. M. D. DE SILVA. Criminal Law -- Appeal -- Fresh evidence -- Statements by prosecution witnesses to police -- Not available at trial -- Material discrepancies when compared with oral evidence -- Whether trial should have been ordered -- Murder -- British Guiana. British Guiana. The appellant...
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