10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TURN QUEEN'S EVIDENCE»
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1
Peace Keeping in a Democratic Society: The Lessons of ...
Allowing them in open court to turn 'Queen's Evidence' after pleading guilty and
being themselves publicly convicted has little relevance to a terrorist campaign,
for any terrorist who did this would be signing a warrant for his own death at the ...
2
Central Criminal Court. Minutes of
Evidence
... and gave them to me — Mr. Abrahams was with me, nobody else — Solomon
was in custody at the time. Q. And part of the arrangement was that you were to
let him turn Queen's evidence if he gave it up ? A. No, it was not arranged by me.
Great Britain. Central Criminal Court, Henry Buckler,
1839
3
Remarks on the constitution and practice of Courts Martial. ...
... it is no objection to their being given in evidence, that they were discovered in
consequence of information obtained by undue inducements.2 996. A confession
made in hope of being thereby permitted to turn Queen's evidence, is not a ...
Thomas Frederick SIMMONS (Deputy Judge Advocate.),
1863
4
Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
Queen's English/ speak the Queen's English Br. speak very correctly and in a
way that is typical of peoplefrom the highest social class. queen's evidence, also
king's evidence /Am. state's evidence/ turn queen's evidence Br. (of a criminal)
give ...
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The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary:
Queen of the meadows— 4*«fta «ii i Queen of the Northern Seas— at«t Queen of
the seas— I The White queen— ataft «at i To turn Queen's evidence— To turn an
approver ; ^tat^ta Tfft ?««' I queen (kwe'n), v. t. & ». 1. To make a queen of ; ill*!
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Remares on the Constitution and Practice of Courts Martial
A confession made in hope of being thereby permitted to turn Queen's evidence,
is not a voluntary confession, and is, therefore, inadmissible:3 but it seems that
the confession of a person admitted as Queen's evidence may be received ...
It is, of course, not unusual for an accused person to 'turn Queen's evidence' in
this way. Though he becomes a competent prosecution witness, the credibility of
his evidence may not be very great, as it will usually have been offered in return ...
... the police may wish to encourage an accomplice to turn 'Queen's Evidence'.
What is striking is that there is no discussion of the administrative processes
governing induced statements in the leading criminal procedure texts or
practitioner ...
Suzanne Corcoran, Stephen Bottomley,
2005
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The Criminal Justice System: An Introduction
Queen's evidence An accused person or suspect is said to 'turn Queen's
evidence' where he or she gives evidence for the prosecution against a co‐
accused (usually), in the expectation that he or she might be treated more
leniently than might ...
Bryan Gibson, Paul Cavadino,
2008
... given against the people who were accused with them, in order to have their
own punishment reduced cSee also King's evidence; state's evidence 2 turn
Queen's evidence to give evidence against someone else in this way queenside /
"kwi ...
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John 'Goldfinger' Palmer was killed 'with a shotgun fitted with a …
... spoken to a criminal 'with underworld connections' who said: 'The people over here feared Palmer was going to turn Queen's evidence to lighten his sentence ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»