What are the elements of a criminal charge in the abstract?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Canada (Attorney General) v. Wis Development Corporation Ltd., 1981 ABCA 321 (CanLII):
The charges as laid disclose offences in the abstract. We would refer to the words of Rinfret, J. in Brody v. The King 1936 CanLII 1 (SCC), [1936] S.C.R. 188 at p. 194 where he says: "It is not sufficient in a count to charge an indictable offence in the abstract. Concrete facts of a nature to identify the particular act which is charged and to give the accused notice of it are necessary ingredients of the indictment."
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