Example sentences of "that the accused [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be noted that ( a ) where the accused 's behaviour falls within s.2(1) , Ghosh is irrelevant : Wootton , above ; ( b ) that the accused may act dishonestly even though he did something which the civil law allows him to do , such as retain the overpayment of a bet ( Gilks [ 1972 ] 1 WLR 1341 ) ; and ( c ) that as a result of Lawrence v DPP , above , a person may be dishonest despite the fact that the owner has consented to the appropriation . |
| 2 | It should be noted that the accused would have had no defence to a charge of obtaining property by deception by switching the price labels . |
| 3 | The court said obiter that the accused would have been guilty even if the police had shot dead an innocent bystander , though the actual victim was innocent too . |
| 4 | In Lawrence the Lords held that the accused can steal even though the victim consents to the taking . |
| 5 | If the accused enters a restaurant intending to pay but then decides not to , the waiter is relying on the continuing representation that the accused will pay . |
| 6 | The court considered that the accused should have been convicted of obtaining property by deception . |
| 7 | ( j ) Section 3 stipulates that the accused must make off . |
| 8 | None is stated in the sub-section , but it is assumed that the accused must intend to use the article in the course of or in connection with the burglary , theft or cheat , and he must know that he has the article with him . |
| 9 | This point means that the accused must have intended to insult a female . |