What is the test for a charge of false imprisonment in a criminal case?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Rex v. Fusell, 1920 CanLII 196 (SK QB):
Cleasby, B. in Blake v. Beech, 1 Ex. D. 320, at p. 333, 45 L.J.M.C. 111, refers to the rule established by the authorities, “that the charge must be comprised within the information, and not different from it.”
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