Guernsey Judgment 50/2007 - A G Taylor v Law Officers of the Crown

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Currency Offences (Guernsey) Law, 1950 - uttering, and possession, of forged paper money - appeal against conviction - Firearms (Guernsey) Law, 1998 - possession of prohibited weapon and ammunition - appeal against sentence - Court of Appeal (Guernsey) Law, 1961 (s.24) - circumstances in which leave required to appeal against conviction - distinction between questions of law, of mixed law and fact, and of fact - criticism of the summing up, and of the verdict of the Jurats, considered - application for leave to appeal against conviction dismissed - as respects the firearm offences, sentences reduced from 12 months to 9months' imprisonment