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Criminal evidence and procedure – Wilful fire raising – Discussion in chambers – Sufficiency of evidence. High Court of Justiciary: Refusing an appeal by an appellant who was convicted of two charges involving wilful fire raising in areas of forestry, the court held that a discussion in chambers, which took place after a juror informed the clerk of the court on the first day of the trial that he knew one of the witnesses, was not a fundamental irregularity which had caused a miscarriage of justice, that there was sufficient evidence to prove that the fires had been set deliberately, and that it was permissible to apply the principle of mutual corroboration.
Criminal evidence and procedure – Wilful fire raising – Discussion in chambers – Sufficiency of evidence. High Court of Justiciary: Refusing an appeal by an appellant who was convicted of two charges involving wilful fire raising in areas of forestry, the court held that a discussion in chambers, which took place after a juror informed the clerk of the court on the first day of the trial that he knew one of the witnesses, was not a fundamental irregularity which had caused a miscarriage of justice, that there was sufficient evidence to prove that the fires had been set deliberately, and that it was permissible to apply the principle of mutual corroboration.
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