Reference: Volume 33G (1949), Part No. 4, Section , Page 878

Judgement Details


Date
25/04/1949
Court
OF CRIMINAL APPEAL (INFERIOR)
Judiciary
HARDING WILLIAM
Parties
CHARLES ATTARD vs DOUGLAS ALLEN
ECLI
N/A
Judgement Type
-
Linked Case
N/A

Keywords / Summary


Keywords
"ANIMUS INJURIANDI" - APPEAL - ART. 425 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE - SLANDER
Summary
In an action for slander, there is no appeal for the plaintiff against a judgement of acquittal of the defendant by the First Court, if the acquittal was based on the ground that the Magistrate held that the evidence did not disclose the "animus injuriandi" in the defendant. If the Magistrate acquitted the defendant because he held that there was absence of "mens rea", there is no appeal for thecompainant against that judgement.




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