NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 162 A Crim R 78
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Pulinggam v Regina (Commonwealth) [2006] NSWCCA 145
HEARING DATE(S): 27/04/06
JUDGMENT DATE: 10 May 2006
JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJ at CL at 1; James J at 7; Hall J at 64
DECISION: Appeal Allowed. Quash the verdict of guilty and direct entry of a verdict of acquittal.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – CONVICTION APPEAL – charge of importation of prohibited goods, namely counterfeit credit cards - whether the cards imported by the appellant were capable of being found by the jury to be "counterfeit credit cards"
Acts Interpretation Act (Commonwealth) Commonwealth Criminal Code Crimes Act 1914 (Commonwealth) LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Currency) Act 1981 (Commonwealth) Criminal Appeal Act (NSW) Customs Act 1901 (Commonwealth) Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956
CASES CITED: Beckwirth v R (1976) 12 ALR 333 Duranol Co Pty Limited v Glenvern Novelty Sweet Co [1957] VR 542
PARTIES: Jesengar PULINGGAM v REGINA (Commonwealth)
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2006/178
COUNSEL: Ms W Abraham - Crown C Smith - Appellant
SOLICITORS: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions - Crown Legal Aid Commission of NSW - Appellant
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: District Court
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): 04/11/1285
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Hock DCJ
LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION: 06/05/2005
IN THE supreme COURT OF new south wales court of CRIMINAL APPEAL 2006/178
McCLELLAN CJ at CL JAMES J HALL J
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