Can a defendant be found guilty of a charge of perverting the course of justice if they have lain by intentionally causing grievous bodily harm?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gerrand v. Gerrand, 1939 CanLII 202 (SK QB):
Cotton, L.J. in Atwood v. Chichester (1878) 3 Q.B.D. 722, 47 L.J.Q.B. 300: “I should have thought that if the defendant had lain by intentionally, she could not be now allowed to appear * * *.”
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