Anson v DPP [2002] NSWSC 408

Reported Decision : 129 A Crim R 328

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Anson v DPP [2002] NSWSC 408 revised - 17/05/2002 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 12107/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 23/11/00,24/11/00,14/02/01,27/04/01,22/6/01,17/9/01,4/12/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 10 May 2002

PARTIES : Harold Norman Anson Director of Public Prosecutions JUDGMENT OF : O'Keefe J

COUNSEL : Mr R Button - Plaintiff Mr P Lakatos - Defendant SOLICITORS : Douglas Humphries - Legal Aid - Plaintiff S E O'Connor - Defendant CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - Passing valueless cheques - Decision by magistrate that offence indictable - Interlocutory order - Procedure - Leave to appeal Crimes Act 1900 s 178B LEGISLATION CITED : Justices Act 1902 ss 56, 104(4) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 ss 8, 18, Sch 1, Table 2, Part 2 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 s 5F Regina v Lethlean (1995) 83 A Crim R 197 Licul v Corney (1976) 50 ALJR 439 Salter Rex & Co v Gosh (1971) 2 QB 597 Regina v Powch (1988) 14 NSWLR 136 Regina v Edelsten (1989) 18 NSWLR 213 Regina v Steffan (1993) 30 NSWLR 633 Regina v Bozatsis (1997) A Crim R 296 Rajski v Wood (1989) 18 NSWLR 512 CASES CITED : Regina v Rogerson (1990) 45 A Crim R 253 Barton v Walker (1979) 2 NSWLR 740 Regina v Waterhouse (1992) 62 A Crim R 59 Regina v Baker (NSWCCA 5 April 1993, unreported) Attorney General for NSW v Stuart (1994) 34 NSWLR 667 Regina v Cheng (1999) 48 NSWLR 616 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd [No 1] (1980) 147 CLR 35 Regina v Lethlean (1995) 83 A Crim R 197 Regina v Saunders (1994) 72 A Crim R 347 DECISION : 1. Leave given to the plaintiff to appeal in respect of the order made by the Magistrate on 14 July 2000; 2. Otherwise summons dismissed ; 3. No order as to costs.