Talk:John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey
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[edit] Cleanup work
Corrected this statement: Also he was the judge in Woolmington v. DPP.
To this, which is more grammatically correct, and true:
Viscount Sankey's judgment in Woolmington v DPP is famous for iterating the duty inherent on the Prosecution to prove the prisoner's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. In pertinent part, his judgment stated:
Throughout the web of the English criminal law one golden thread is always to be seen - that it is the duty of the prosecution to prove the prisoner's guilt subject to what I have already said as to the defence of insanity and subject also to any statutory exception...
This judgment is usually referred to as the 'golden thread'.
While he was indeed a judge in Woolmington v DPP, he wasn't the only one. In this particular case before the House of Lords, there was 5. LudBob 05:35, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
