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Conspiracy: Conviction or Acquittal
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 February 2016
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1 [1974] 2 All. E.R. 1009.
2 “Any person who conspires with another to commit a felony [or misdemeanour] … is guilty of an offence”.
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