NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 158 A Crim R 215 64 NSWLR 735
New South Wales Supreme Court
DPP v BONE [2005] NSWSC 1239 CITATION : This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S) : 20 April 2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 2 December 2005
JURISDICTION : Common Law
JUDGMENT OF : Adams J at 1
DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : High Range PCA - Whether absolute offence - Drinks spiked unbeknown to the defendant - Whether prosecution must disprove honest and reasonable mistake - Effect of possible guilt of low range offence - Nature of belief
Crimes (Local Courts Appeal and Review) Act 2001 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Local Government Act 1919 Motor Traffic Act 1909 LEGISLATION CITED : Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998 Road Transport (General) Act 1999 Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 Taxation Administration Act 1953
August v Fingleton [1964] SASR 22 Bank of NSW v Piper [1897] AC 383, 389, 390 Bergin v Stack (1953) 88 CLR 248 Binskin v Watson (1990) 48 A Crim R 33 Blackburn v Davies (1993) 18 MVR 131 (Tasmania) Cameron v Holt (1980) 142 CLR 342 Davis v Bates (1986) 25 A Crim R 422 F v Ling [1985] 21 A Crim R 55 (Tasmania) Flyger v Aukland City Council [1979] 1 NZLR 161 Griffin v Marsh (1994) 34 NSWLR 104 Harmer v Grace, ex p Harmer [1980] Qd R 395 Kidd v Reeves [1972] VR 563 Lim Chin Aik v The Queen [1963] AC 160, 174 Mayer v Marchant (1973) 5 SASR 567 Millar v Ministry of Transport 91986) 1 NZLR 660 O'Neill v Ministry of Transport [1985] 2 NZLR 513 CASES CITED : Pascoe v Christie [1984] 1 Qd R 464 Proudman v Dayman (1941) 67 CLR 536 R v Dibb [2002] NSWSC 934 R v Glennan (1970) 91 WN (NSW) 609 R v He Kaw Teh (1985) 157 CLR 523 R v Iannazzone [1983] VR 649 R v Reynhoudt (1962) 107 CLR 381 R v Strawbridge [1970] NZLR 909 R v Tolson (1889) 23 QBD 168 R v Vlahos (1975) 2 NSWLR 580 R v Wampfler (1987) 11 NSWLR 541 Rooke v Aukland City Council [1980] 1 NZLR 680 Smith v Le Mura [1983] 1 Qd R 535 Sweet v Parsley [1970] AC 132 Stewart v Von Lieven (1988) 14 NSWLR 537 Von Lieven v Stewart (19900 21 NSWLR 52
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