Read the full judgment text of DCCC 000335/1974 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 29 September 1975.
1. I have to rule upon applications that certain substantive counts, i.e., counts 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13 and 14, be tried separately from the remaining counts. Miss Chua, who appears for the 26th, 27th and 30th accused, and who has applied for severance of the 5th and 6th counts, which concern the 26th and 27th accused, has referred me to Archbold: Pleading, Evidence and Practice in Criminal Cases, 38th (1973) edition, paragraphs 4072 and 4073, the case of R. v. Griffiths and others (1) (a decision