Clarke v Vieira

JurisdictionGuyana
Judgment Date1960
Date1960
CourtSupreme Court (British Guiana)
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4 cases
  • Nurse v Cooke et Al
    • Barbados
    • High Court (Barbados)
    • 29 March 2004
    ...the prescribed forms under the Magistrates’ Courts Criminal Jurisdiction Rules, 2001 did not include a form for a warrant of committal. Clarke v. Viera (1960) 3 W.I.R 19; Williams v. The State (1999) 57 W.I.R 380; R. v. Hall (1981) 1 W.L.R. 1510 and R. v. Carey 76 Cr. App. R 152 have all be......
  • Giles v Attorney General
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • High Court (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • 9 April 2002
    ...the evidence as given before the magistrate. Counsel relied on the cases of Attorney General v. Aleem Mohammed (1985) 36 W.I.R. 359 and Clarke v. Vieira (1960) 3 W.I.R. 19. 10 In the case of Attorney General v. Aleem Mohammed (supra), the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago considered th......
  • Chief of Police v Pilgrim
    • Antigua and Barbuda
    • Court of Appeal (Antigua and Barbuda)
    • 14 November 1975
    ...he relied on Volume 11. Halsburv's Laws of England and at page 130 para.239, 3rd Edition; R. v. Roscommon Justices (1894) 2Ir. 158; and Clarke v. Vieira (1960) 3 W.I.R. 19. He contended further that if it did lie certiorari was extended only to include cases where natural justice was denied......
  • R v Anthony
    • Antigua and Barbuda
    • High Court (Antigua)
    • 3 December 2003
    ...evidence. 17 However, she was of the view that the Courts in those jurisdictions would follow the approach in the old Guyanese case of Clarke v. Viera (1960) 3 W.I.R. 19 and hold that a magistrate has power to commit for any indictable offence disclosed. The author hedged her bets however b......

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