24/02/1953

OF CRIMINAL APPEAL (INFERIOR)

CAMILLERI ALBERT V.

HIS MAJESTY THE KING vs RICHARD VIVIAN DUDLEY BEAUMONT

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ART. 372 (2), 455 (2) AND 572 OF CHAPTER 12 - LIBERTY OF THE CITIZEN - POWER OF ARREST BY THE POLICE

Any person charged with a crime by a summons, when awaiting trial, can be arrested by the Police, ifthe Executive Authorities come to know, or he acts in such a way as to leave a reasonable suspicion, that evasion, either by hiding or bu escape, is being sought by that same person. On the strengthof this rule, the accused in this case, who was awaiting trial, was arrested by the Police on giving reasonable suspicion that he was seeking evasion; but he was set again free, under his personal recognisance to appear on the date and place to be fixed for the trial, in view of the circumstances of the case and of the other principle that the liberty of the citizen must be upheld.