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McAndy Ford Thomas v R

Crim App 0014/1991 · 1994-08-11

Murder; Admissibility of confession obtained by undercover officer; Identification evidence; Alibi directions; Judicial discretion

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In the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands — Criminal Division
Cause No. Crim App 0014/1991
Between
McAndy Ford Thomas
- v -
R
Before
Georges JA, Henry JA, Zacca JA
Judgment delivered 1994-08-11

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```html <table> <tr> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>direction of that a elery Shop at about 3:15 p.m. Witnesses for the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cyn deponem b,</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he Jt about that time they saw two men on a motor</td> </tr> <tr> <td>cyc le, one of them being Jerry Christian. The evidence disclosed that</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the motor cy the en rented by the appellant.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ev. were d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The masked the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>described as one being black and the other a red</td> </tr> <tr> <td>il mask, g</td> </tr> <tr> <td>no</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Two witran l r the Crown, Ronald Leslie Wilson and Edward</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Whittaker st innint at about 3.00 p.m. they saw Jerry Christian and</td> </tr> <tr> <td>other man it bu</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ssesfrom the direction of Goring Avenue. Soon after</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wttaker wellant me Gold Royal Jewellery Store on Goring Avenue</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ere he saw saw ch anying in a pool of blood.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the m</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Both witn saw thestified that they attended identification parades</td> </tr> <tr> <td>are the ap id</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the appe par t both identified the appellant in the dock at the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>al as be evid</td> </tr> <tr> <td>an they saw with Christian. They stated that</td> </tr> <tr> <td>hough the the appellant at the parade they did not point him</td> </tr> <tr> <td>out</td> </tr> <tr> <td>tri</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ses</td> </tr> <tr> <td>al</td> </tr> <tr> <td>alt</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Both ga Twations as to why they did not point out the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>app ellant of Mark Made. The first time the appellant was pointed out</td> </tr> <tr> <td>by the witn the when he was in the dock at the trial. More will</td> </tr> <tr> <td>be said above at</td> </tr> <tr> <td>trial</td> </tr> <tr> <td>al</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Twalt</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ru</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Det. Coy a</td> </tr> <tr>
The evidence against the appellant Thomas was threefold:

He was seen by two witnesses along with Christian about the time of the robbery;

The evidence of Jerry Christian who stated that it was the appellant who planned the robbery and that he handed the gun to the appellant prior to their going to the jewellery store. That it was the appellant who fired three shots at the deceased and that it was the appellant who killed the deceased;

A statement made to Clyde Hylton Talbot, a Police Detective from Jamaica, who was placed in the cell with the appellant Thomas. In this statement, the appellant admits
Appeal Argument The appellant was involved in the robbery at the Jewellery Store along with Christian. However, although admitting that he had the gun, he stated that when the deceased was coming towards him, he fired one shot in the air and that Christian grabbed the gun from him and fired three shots at the deceased, killing him. Three main grounds of appeal were argued: 1. The statement made to Detective Talbot by the appellant ought not to have been admitted in evidence; 2. The learned trial Judge failed to give full and proper directions on the issue of the identification evidence given by the witnesses Whittaker and Wilson; 3. The learned trial Judge failed to give a proper direction on alibi. ## Admissibility of Evidence Mr. Furey submitted that the witness Talbot was a person in authority and that the evidence was obtained by a trick. The
```html <table> <tr> <td>stement,effect wdm issible, ought not to have been admitted as the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>judicial</td> </tr> <tr> <td>if un d the probative value.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>At the t fthjection was taken by Counsel as to the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>isibility of the statement. In a written decision, the learned</td> </tr> <tr> <td>al Judge "e of H</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ng</td> </tr> <tr> <td>In the ecor Wil erman King v. Regina [1968] Cr. App. R. 353, Lord</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hodson at p.e ap</td> </tr> <tr> <td>largegivi</td> </tr> <tr> <td>diswadeIn MURPHY [1965] N.I. 138, Lord MacDermott C.J.,</td> </tr> <tr> <td>dicit to s the judgment of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court,</td> </tr> <tr> <td>polcethaluable observations on circumstances which will</td> </tr> <tr> <td>subver ch not render it unfair to allow admissible</td> </tr> <tr> <td>suspect of e to be given against an accused person. There</td> </tr> <tr> <td>appell epl ant, a soldier serving in the Army, was</td> </tr> <tr> <td>appell ed before a district court-martial with the offence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>of barrack closing information useful to an enemy, contrary</td> </tr> <tr> <td>to the gr tice against him was contained in the evidence of</td> </tr> <tr> <td>en dsc re officers, who had posed as members of a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>air to whose organisation with which the authorities and,</td> </tr> <tr> <td>had</td> </tr> <tr> <td>pressed the information the subject of the charge, by</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the app ellant questions about the security of his</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ertai commks. The app ellant was convicted and appealed on</td> </tr> <tr> <td>as ye regound that the court-martial ought, in its</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Detec ation, to have rejected the evidence. The</td> </tr> <tr> <td>app ellant relied in his argument on the use of the word</td> </tr> <tr> <td>be dir opt and c" which appears in KURUMA's case (supra) and</td> </tr> <tr> <td>but as c;V. GUNN (supra) and in other cases as well.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>prev er c;court reviewed these and other authorities and,</td> </tr> <tr> <td>it is hting on the passage in Lord Parker, C.J. judgment</td> </tr> <tr> <td>and or ting on the passage in Lord Parker, C.J. judgment</td> </tr> <tr> <td>prote ch their Lordships have already referred, used</td> </tr> <tr> <td>er concl language (at p. 147): "We do not read this passage</td> </tr> <tr> <td>describing more than Listing a variety of classes of</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ti describing more than Listing a variety of classes of</td> </tr> <tr> <td>classes of</td> </tr> <tr> <td>addi served as oppressive and left out of consideration.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the erected and used sparingly and with circumspection</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the method it is as old as the constable in plain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>W's and, regrettable though the fact may be, the day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Court: mder could always be enforced and the public safety</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ef</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ected without occasional resort to it. We find that</td> </tr> <tr> <td>isions hard to avoid on any survey of the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ative and enforcement functions of the police but</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ve</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ve enough to point to the salient facts of the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>int appeal. the app ellant was beyond all doubt a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>is security risk; this was revealed by the trick of</td> </tr> <tr> <td>presentation practised by the police as already</td> </tr> <tr> <td>: as ibed, and no other way of obtaining this revelation</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ruen demonstrated or suggested. We cannot hold that</td> </tr> <tr> <td>was necessarily oppressive or that Lord Parker of</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ington intended to lay down any rule of law which</td> </tr> <tr> <td>that it was the duty of the court-martial, once</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ick used the police had been established to reject</td> </tr> <tr> <td>vidence that followed from it.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Their Lordships agree with the judgment of the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mar tial Appeal Court in holding that unfairness</td> </tr> </table> ```
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In giving the judgment of Lord Taylor of Gosforth stated: The trick was not an example which results in a W.I.R. of situations in which the police adopt ruses or devices to trap a blackmailer, the victim may be used as bait to catch the principal police officer. A trick, certainly, in a sense too, a trick which could reasonably be thought to involve self-incrimination; but not necessarily. Cases such as Reg. v. Payne [1963] 1 W.L.R. 139 are very different from the present case or the blackmail case of Reg. v. Mason (Carl) [1968] W.L.R. 139 are very different from the present case or the blackmail case of Reg. v. Mason (Carl) [1968] W.L.R. 139 are very different from the present case or the blackmail case of Reg. v. Mason (Carl) [1968] W.L.R. 139 are very different from the present case or the blackmail case of Reg. v. Mason (Carl) [1968] W.L.R. 139 are very different from the present case or the blackmail case of Reg. v. 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```html <table> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>international drug trafficking in this</td> </tr> <tr> <td>part of the world poses a very serious</td> </tr> <tr> <td>problem indeed to the law enforcement</td> </tr> <tr> <td>agencies. It is clear, as the learned</td> </tr> <tr> <td>judge said, that the police were dealing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>with an "attempt to uncover clandestine</td> </tr> <tr> <td>large scale drug importation by an</td> </tr> <tr> <td>operator who was not personally engaged</td> </tr> <tr> <td>in the movement of the drugs", and as</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ord MacDermott said, "different offences</td> </tr> <tr> <td>may pose different problems for the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>police and justify different methods."</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Smith was not an agent provocateur</td> </tr> <tr> <td>in any sense of the term, nor was he a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>person in authority". The appellant had</td> </tr> <tr> <td>no reason to think that Smith was other</td> </tr> <tr> <td>than a fellow prisoner who had been</td> </tr> <tr> <td>charged in the United States with some</td> </tr> <tr> <td>offence involving heroin and who was a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 thand, he chatted with Smith freely and</td> </tr> <tr> <td>was cor oluntarily."</td> </tr> <tr> <td>In Rothnd thus govern Queen [1981] 59 C.C.C. [2nd] 30, the majority of</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the Court held that evidence which was similarly obtained as in the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>want casey,</td> </tr> <tr> <td>police c led as not a person in authority and accordingly the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>cial rules for admissibility of statements had no</td> </tr> <tr> <td>horitective test should be applied in the circumstances</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the the case of the n it; the officer was not a person in authority as he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>spe not reg by th such by the accused. There was no attempt to</td> </tr> <tr> <td>appel the s lity of o make the disclosure as he did.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The majus in i. the Court also held that even if the officer was a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>suf per son in a ope</td> </tr> <tr> <td>e was, there was no basis for excluding the statement.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>I approval acc method used to obtain a confession was not</td> </tr> <tr> <td>sufficient on refusal to receive it in evidence. In determining</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the admissi an a statement to a person in authority the Court is</td> </tr> <tr> <td>not immedi a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>concerned with the truth or reliability of the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>statement m he accused but with the question whether the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>out stement m free and voluntary in the sense that it was not</td> </tr> <tr> <td>itt cained by prejudice or hope of advantage exercised or held</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ere by a pear. "manuthority and whether the statement was the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ce rence of al slrating mind. In this case the statement was made</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ee by tor a wed and was volunteered by him.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ad ut ad ut ad o ad o</td> </tr> </table> ```
The document appears to be a legal text discussing the admissibility of confessions in court proceedings. Below is a faithful transcription of the visible content, formatted according to the specified guidelines: --- ### The Admissibility of Confessions The minority held that confessions are not admissible where to admit them would bring the administration of justice into disrepute or prejudice the public interest in the integrity of the judicial process. In the case of *Areokinan v. The Queen* [1969] 1 A.C. 20, the accused was charged with the offence of murder. On the instructions of the police, he was placed in a cell with the accused who told his friend Rend that he murdered one of the three men. The Court held that the evidence was admissible. In the case of *R. v. Bailey and another* [1993] 3 All ER 513, the accused was charged with the admissibility in evidence of a number of highly incriminating remarks, tantamount to admissions of guilt, made and tape-recorded during the course of conversations between the accused and R. They were sharing a bugged cell at a police station. The Court held that it was unfair to have admitted the tape-recorded conversation, as it was distinguished from the case of *R. v. Bailey and another*. In the case of *Carl Mason* [1988] 86 Cr. App. R. 349, the appellant was charged with arson. It was alleged that he had set fire to the car of a former girlfriend's father with whom he was on bad terms. Before his arrest, the police had no evidence connecting him with the car fire. Police officers decided to trick the appellant by telling him untruthfully that they had found one of his fingerprints on a bottle used in starting the fire. It was also revealed to the appellant's solicitor that the fingerprint had been found. The Solicitor advised the appellant to answer police questions and to claim his innocence in the incident, if any. The appellant then admitted that he filled the bottle used in the incident, one with petrol and of paint thinner. A friend had set the car alight for him, or was not present when it was done. The confession was not admissible. --- This transcription preserves the original text as faithfully as possible, including the case citations and the legal context.
```html <table> <tr> <td>was</td> <td>admitted</td> <td>sed hience.</td> <td>It was held that the trial judge had</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>wrongly exercised discretion when he failed to consider the deceit</td> </tr> <tr> <td>practised on the appellant and his solicitor, for if he had done so</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he would have</td> <td>bound to exclude the confession. As there was no</td> </tr> <tr> <td>other evidence</td> <td>conviction was quashed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>In his judgment,</td> <td>Watkins, L.J. at page 354 stated:</td> </tr> <tr> <td>It is obvious from the undisputed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>evidence that the police practised a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>deceit not only upon the appellant, which</td> </tr> <tr> <td>was bad enough, but also upon the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>solicitor whose duty it was to advise</td> </tr> <tr> <td>him. In effect, they hoodwinked both</td> </tr> <tr> <td>client and solicitor. That was a most</td> </tr> <tr> <td>reprehensible thing to do. It is not</td> </tr> <tr> <td>however because we regard as misbehaviour</td> </tr> <tr> <td>of a serious kind conduct of that nature</td> </tr> <tr> <td>that we have come to the decision soon to</td> </tr> <tr> <td>cease making plain. This is not the place to</td> </tr> <tr> <td>discipline the police. That has been made</td> </tr> <tr> <td>clear here on a number of previous</td> </tr> <tr> <td>occasions. We are concerned with the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>application of the proper law. The law</td> </tr> <tr> <td>as I have already said, that a trial</td> </tr> <tr> <td>judge has a discretion to be exercised of</td> </tr> <tr> <td>course upon right principles to reject</td> </tr> <tr> <td>admissible evidence in the interests of a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>defendant having a fair trial. The</td> </tr> <tr> <td>judge in the present case appreciated</td> </tr> <tr> <td>what, as the quotation from his ruling</td> </tr> <tr> <td>shows. So the only question to be</td> </tr> <tr> <td>answered by this court is whether, having</td> </tr> <tr> <td>regard to the way the police behaved, the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>judge exercised that discretion</td> </tr> <tr> <td>correctly. In our judgment he did not.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>He omitted a vital factor from his</td> </tr> <tr> <td>consideration, namely the deceit</td> </tr> <tr> <td>practised upon the appellant's solicitor.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>In our judgment he had included that in his</td> </tr> <tr> <td>risk consideration of the matter we have not</td> </tr> <tr> <td>given the slightest doubt that he would have</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ruled out an opposite conclusion,</td> </tr> <tr> <td>and the jury not permitted therefore to</td> </tr> <tr> <td>hear of it. If that had been done, an</td> </tr> <tr> <td>acquittal would have followed for there</td> </tr> <tr> <td>was no other evidence in the possession</td> </tr> <tr> <td>of the prosecution.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>In the case of cewee-Yi-choi v. R. [1986] L.R.C. (Crim) 340, the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>applicant who was convicted on a charge of murder applied for leave to</td> </tr> <tr> <td>appeal, one of the grounds being that his confession had been obtained as a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>result of a police officer pretending</td> </tr> <tr> <td>to be a fellow prisoner and whilst in his cell, had discussions with</td> </tr> </table> ```
The Court of Appeal in Hong Kong held that the admission in evidence of a stoned confession, obtained as it was, breached the principles of law to secure fair trials. The trial Judge in such circumstances should have exercised his discretion in excluding the evidence. The Corial Judge did not think that he had a discretion to exercise. The Court also held that the Police Officer was a person in authority that held the fair. It further held that the admission in evidence of the applicant's confession did not comply with the principles which exist in law to secure fair trials and that the administration of justice was thereby brought into disrepute. In the judgment of the learned trial Judge in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible, he stated at page 5 of his ruling: "It does not appear that the evidence in question was obtained in a manner which was in accordance with the principles of law which exist to secure fair trials and that the administration of justice was thereby brought into disrepute." The learned trial Judge exercised his discretion in ruling that the evidence to be admitted was not admissible. The Court held that the evidence was inadmissible because it was obtained in a manner which was in accordance with the principles of law which exist to secure fair trials and that the administration of justice was thereby brought into disrepute.
```html <table> <tr> <td>In our view</td> <td>the police evidence was admissible. The appellant did not</td> </tr> <tr> <td>regard the prosecution as a person in authority. He, it was, who</td> </tr> <tr> <td>stated the confession and volunteered his involvement in the robbery</td> </tr> <tr> <td>and killing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>and it cannot be said that the discretion of</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the learned trial Judge was incorrectly exercised.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2. IDENTIFICATION EVIDENCE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mr. Furness submitted that the learned trial Judge failed to</td> </tr> <tr> <td>adequately take the jury on the Identification evidence given by the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>witnesses Wh and Wilson. He failed to tell the jury what the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>consequences of the jury did not accept the explanations</td> </tr> <tr> <td>given by the Tides as to their failure to point out the appellant</td> </tr> <tr> <td>at the Identification Parade.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>In direct evidence, the learned trial Judge at page 170 stated:</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Now we have various witnesses who</td> </tr> <tr> <td>identified Thomas but I must give you</td> </tr> <tr> <td>his warning on identification evidence.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>There is special need for caution, before</td> </tr> <tr> <td>convicting an accused person in reliance</td> </tr> <tr> <td>on the correctness of an identification.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The reason for this is that it is quite</td> </tr> <tr> <td>possible for an honest witness to make a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>mistake and indeed notorious miscarriage</td> </tr> <tr> <td>of justice have occurred as a result of</td> </tr> <tr> <td>such a mistake. A mistaken witness can</td> </tr> <tr> <td>be a convincing one and even a number of</td> </tr> <tr> <td>apparently convincing witnesses can all</td> </tr> <tr> <td>be mistaken. You must examine carefully</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the circumstances in which the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>identification of each witness was made.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>How long did he have the person under</td> </tr> <tr> <td>observation? At what distance did he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>get a good look at his face? Was his</td> </tr> <tr> <td>view impeded in anyway? Had he ever</td> </tr> <tr> <td>seen the person before, and if so, how</td> </tr> <tr> <td>often? If only occasionally, did he</td> </tr> <tr> <td>leave any special reason for remembering</td> </tr> <tr> <td>him. How long elapsed between the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>original observation and the subsequent</td> </tr> <tr> <td>identification to police? And in this</td> </tr> <tr> <td>particular case, we also have the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>questioned integrity of the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>CA identification of two witnesses, who</td> </tr> <tr> <td>didn't point out the accused Thomas at an</td> </tr> <tr> <td>identification parade but who</td> </tr> <tr> <td>subsequently and out of his sight and</td> </tr> <tr> <td>low</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>trial</td> </tr> <tr> <td>failed to adequately direct the jury.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>This general election cannot be faulted. It was submitted,</td> </tr> <tr> <td>however, that with the evidence of the two witnesses, the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>learned trial Judge failed to adequately direct the jury.</td> </tr> </table> ```
```html <table> <tr> <td>Both withe</td> <td>ppellapponed that they attended an Identification Parade</td> </tr> <tr> <td>on which the</td> <td>ssesnt Thomas was a suspect. Both failed to point out</td> </tr> <tr> <td>any one on the</td> <td>ne 1. However, both testified that they saw the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>he</td> <td>Neit of men but did not point him out because they</td> </tr> <tr> <td>app</td> <td>allant in</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pa</td> <td>were scared.expianr expected that they would be face to face with</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ti</td> <td>men.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ppellai</td> <td>d trial</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ca</td> <td>The learned trial Judge ought to have told the jury that if they</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ve litl</td> <td>rejected the nt</td> <td>tion given by the witnesses as to their failure to</td> </tr> <tr> <td>l</td> <td>identif</td> <td>identify theuns Court would amount</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ta Dock Id</td> <td>refe</td> <td>idetion. In the circumstances, the identification in</td> </tr> <tr> <td>rel</td> <td>rel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>rel</td> <td>rel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Before v R</td> <td>el for the Crown conceded that the Crown was not</td> </tr> <tr> <td>where</td> <td>ying on t</td> <td>A</td> <td>ification evidence.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mr. Furr</td> <td>ired the Court to Beckford and Shaw v. R.</td> <td>R. [1993]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>W.I.R. 29</td> <td>t</td> <td>Lord Lowry at page 299 said:</td> </tr> <tr> <td>42</td> <td>One of the authorities on which Mr.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>obertson relied was the very important</td> <td>australian case, Domican v. R. [1992] 66</td> </tr> <tr> <td>LJR 285, which reemphasizes the need for</td> <td>general warning and the importance of</td> </tr> <tr> <td>highlighting witness's evidence. The case</td> <td>is also an authority for the proposition</td> </tr> <tr> <td>hat (at page 289):</td> </tr> <tr> <td>a did</td> <td>"The trial judge is not absolved</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the at</td> <td>from his or her duty to give general</td> </tr> <tr> <td>danger of convicting on</td> <td>and specific warning concerning the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>identification evidence because</td> <td>there is other evidence, which, if</td> </tr> <tr> <td>a</td> <td>accepted, is sufficient to convict</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the accused unless the Court</td> <td>of Criminal Appeal concludes that</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the</td> <td>the jury must inevitably have</td> </tr> <tr> <td>convicted the accused independently</td> <td>of the identification evidence, the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ha</td> <td>inadequacy or lack of a warning</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ne</td> <td>concerning that evidence constitutes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>len</td> <td>a miscarriage of justice even though</td> </tr> <tr> <td>his</td> <td>the other evidence made a strong</td> </tr> <tr> <td>case against the accused."</td> </tr> <tr> <td>At no t</td> <td>1) he learned trial Judge tell the jury that they</td> </tr> <tr> <td>cou</td> <td>ld convi</td> <td>pellant on the identification evidence.</td> </tr> </table> ```
```html <table> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>If this would only evidence against the appellant, then clearly</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the</td> <td>convicti</td> <td>s the have to be quashed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3.</td> <td>ALIBI</td> <td>Mr. Furn</td> <td>if fitted that the learned trial Judge failed to tell</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the jury there count y rejected the alibi of the appellant, they could</td> </tr> <tr> <td>not on that</td> <td>.R. 20convict him but they should go back to the Crown's</td> </tr> <tr> <td>case.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>The Court</td> <td>ferred to the case of The State v. Ori and Persaud</td> </tr> <tr> <td>[75] 22.W</td> <td>1.</td> <td>sai</td> </tr> <tr> <td>In his de</td> <td>to the jury the learned trial Judge at page 190</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ed :</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thomas's defense is one of alibi which</td> </tr> <tr> <td>imply means, he says he was somewhere</td> </tr> <tr> <td>at the time the robbery took place.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>the burden of proof is on the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>prosecution the accused doesn't have to</td> </tr> <tr> <td>rove he was elsewhere. On the contrary</td> </tr> <tr> <td>is the prosecution to disprove he was</td> </tr> <tr> <td>elsewhere. Of course, the prosecution</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ave not only sought to direct evidence of</td> </tr> <tr> <td>citesses, and of course you have the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>widence of Christian which I shall come</td> </tr> <tr> <td>which puts him at the robbery. The</td> </tr> <tr> <td>prosecution also seeks to persuade you</td> </tr> <tr> <td>hat Thomas's explanation in itself is</td> </tr> <tr> <td>hentally unlikely, that it offends</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ommon sense said Mr. Smellie, for</td> </tr> <tr> <td>then for Christian to go off commit a</td> </tr> <tr> <td>robbery and murder with another person,</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ho some witnesses say is Thomas and</td> </tr> <tr> <td>lthers identify him as having some of</td> </tr> <tr> <td>homas's characteristics, and then for</td> </tr> <tr> <td>hristian to return to Thomas's company</td> </tr> <tr> <td>within a half of an hour or so of the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>obbery. Well of course that is a matter</td> </tr> <tr> <td>wa or you Madam Foreman, members of the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>jury, if You conclude that the alibi was</td> </tr> <tr> <td>alse, that does not in itself entitle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ou to convict Thomas. The prosecution</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ud</td> <td>is</td> <td>There is</td> <td>no merit in this submission. The learned trial</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ge did t</td> <td>ury that if they rejected the alibi of the</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ence, it</td> <td>ot entitle them to convict the appellant but that</td> </tr> <tr> <td>jd</td> <td>Wal</td> </tr> </table> ```
The document appears to be a legal document, possibly a court judgment or appeal decision. Here is a faithful transcription of the visible text, formatted as requested: --- **The Prosecution still establish his guilt.** Apart from evidence as to the visual identification, there was a good deal of evidence against Thomas. There was the evidence of a tape recording of what transpired in the cell at the police station. There was also the evidence of the co-accused Christian. This evidence clearly placed the appellant at the Jewellery Shop and his involvement in the killing of the deceased. There was clear evidence, which if believed, would result in the conviction of the appellant for the offence of murder. The jury affirmed the evidence in returning their verdict guilty. For these reasons, the appeal was dismissed and the convictions of the appellant were confirmed. --- The signature at the bottom of the document is not transcribed as it is not part of the text.

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