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Hearing Offences Together?

• Depends primarily on the mode of trial selected.

• In the case of indictable offences in a preliminary hearing,

Customs offences are best heard together with related

offences and all the accused persons as there is no possibility

of the Judicial Officer passing conviction, see

 R v Camberwell Green Justices, ex parte Christie -

[1978] 2 All ER 377

 R v Manchester City Stipendiary Magistrate, ex parte

Snelson - [1978] 2 All ER 62