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Duty of the prosecution in a joint trial of accused persons

Duty of the trial judge in a joint trial of accused persons

Effect of failure to return separate verdicts in respect of each of the accused persons tried together

Position of the law on evidence and verdict in joint criminal trials

Position of the law on the joint or separate trial of persons who are charged with the same offences

Position of the law where two or more accused persons were tried on the same charge, and the evidence adduced before the court with regard to all the accused persons was substantially the same

The rule of law that where two or more persons are charged with the commission of an offence, and the evidence against all the accused persons is the same or similar, the discharge of one must as a matter of law, affect the discharge of the others

The rule that where two or more accused persons are charged together for an offence on the same evidence, the same verdict must be returned in respect of each of the accused persons

Whether the conviction of an accused person jointly tried with another can stand where the other accused person was discharged and acquitted and their cases are interwoven and inseperable from one another

Whether the joint trial of separate indictments is a nullity

Whether there can be a joint trial of accused persons who were charged separately

Whether where an accused person is charged jointly with another, the discharge of one must lead to the discharge of the other

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