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Bail & Mode of Trial - Baldric is charged with the theft of a large quantity of turnips.What factors would influence the court on whether to grant bail or not?
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Criminal Law Questions James Goodwin Bail & Mode of Trial 1. Baldric is charged with the theft of a large quantity of turnips. What factors would influence the court on whether to grant bail or not? Bail is a very important pre-trial matter. It is basically a decision on whether a person charged with a crime should be detained or be at liberty until their next or indeed first court date. Bail is not necessary in most cases as most people prosecuted are summonsed to court rather than charged, this means that they are at liberty until found guilty of the crime in court, or the conditions changing and they being charged and refused bail. As the question however, states that it is the court who are deciding whether to grant Baldrick bail or not, we must presume that he has indeed been charged, and he has been refused police bail, or indeed the case...
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