R v Elliston Watson

JurisdictionJamaica
Date1976
Year1976
CourtCourt of Appeal (Jamaica)
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3 cases
  • Kashorn John v Commissioner of Police
    • St Vincent
    • Court of Appeal (Saint Vincent)
    • 16 Septiembre 2008
    ...charge is the "component part" of a weapon described under section (a) or (b) of the definition of a "fireman." R v Elliston Watson (1979) 28 W.I.R. 123 ; Leroy Clint v The State (2001) 62 W.IR. 366; R v Kenneth Rose (1977), 16 J.L.R. 8 considered and distinguished. Cafferata v Wilson; Ree......
  • Selvin Chinnery v The Commissioner of Police
    • British Virgin Islands
    • Court of Appeal (British Virgin Islands)
    • 24 Febrero 2020
    ...of a firearm, to simply say that the firearm could fire, would not meet the threshold for lethality. He relied on the case of R v Elliston Watson 6 on this issue. Therefore, he argued, in order for the appellant to have been convicted of the offence, it would have had to be established that......
  • Selvin Chinnery v The Commissioner of Police
    • British Virgin Islands
    • Court of Appeal (British Virgin Islands)
    • 24 Febrero 2020
    ...of a firearm, to simply say that the firearm could fire, would not meet the threshold for lethality. He relied on the case of R v Elliston Watson 6 on this issue. Therefore, he argued, in order for the appellant to have been convicted of the offence, it would have had to be established that......

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