Canterbury v Joseph Police Constable

JurisdictionGuyana
CourtSupreme Court (British Guiana)
Year1964
Date1964

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8 cases
  • Kevin Ramsaran v P.C. Brandon Joseph No.19339
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • Court of Appeal (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • 4 March 2022
    ...circumstances connected with the charge whether taken on oath or not: Sam v Chief of Police (1965) 10 WIR 245… In Canterbury v Joseph (1964) 6 WIR 205 (which was followed in Sam (above)), the British Guiana Supreme Court emphasised that on a plea of guilty, it was insufficient for the mag......
  • Marc Wilson v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 15 October 2014
    ...dicta from earlier authorities. We can only hope that there will no longer be any need for such reminder in the future. 22 In Canterbury v Joseph (Police Constable) (1964) 6 WIR 205, it was directed as reflected in the headnote: ‘It is the duty of a magistrate to take notes in writing of th......
  • Flores v The Police
    • Belize
    • Supreme Court (Belize)
    • 11 August 2017
    ...Crown Counsel for the Director of Public Prosecutions; the Appellant unrepresented and in person. Cases Mentioned: Canterbury v. Joseph (1964) 6 WIR 205 . Legislation: Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act, Sections 44, 50, 51 and 171. Magistrate's Court Appeal - Appeal against conviction an......
  • Gentle v The Police
    • Belize
    • Supreme Court (Belize)
    • 21 June 2017
    ...R 364 3 Ochoa, supra paras 6 and 4 Belize Criminal Appeal No. 1 of 2008 5 Belize Criminal Appeal No. 30 of 2006 6 (1964) 7 WIR 208 7 (1964) 6 WIR 205 . See further Sam v Chief of Police (1965) 10 WIR ...
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1 books & journal articles
  • Summary Trial
    • Jamaica
    • Criminal practice and procedure in the Magistrates' Courts in the Commonwealth Caribbean
    • 18 June 2010
    ...Court shall make such order against him as the justice of the case requires. 36 In the case of Canterbury v Joseph (Police Constable) (1964) 6 W.I.R. 205 the appellant pleaded guilty before a Magistrate to a charge of being in possession of a bicycle reasonably suspected of having been stol......