Chapter 14 Multiple choice questions

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. Which of the following is not an element of the actus reus of making off without payment?

Goods were supplied or service done correct incorrect

The defendant made off from the spot where payment was required correct incorrect

The service need not be done correct incorrect

The defendant did not pay as required or expected correct incorrect

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. In which of the following situations has the offence of making off without payment been committed?

D refuses to pay for a meal at a restaurant where all the staff were rude and the food inedible correct incorrect

D hides in a supermarket aisle, waiting for his friend to arrive with money to pay for their shopping. correct incorrect

D slips into a theatre through a fire exit and occupies an empty seat to watch the performance. At the interval he goes out to the bar and buys a drink, returning to the same seat to watch the remainder of the play and then leaving with the other theatre-goers at the end of the performance without paying for a ticket. correct incorrect

D orders, and consumes, a meal at a restaurant. When the bill is placed on his table, D goes to the WC, climbs out the window and goes home. correct incorrect

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. When is trespass committed for the purposes of burglary?

When a person intentionally, recklessly, or negligently enters a building in the possession of another without either permission to do so or a legal right to enter and the defendant's entry is voluntary. correct incorrect

When a person intentionally, recklessly, or negligently enters a building in the possession of another without either permission to do so or a legal right to enter correct incorrect

When a person intentionally, recklessly, or negligently enters a building in the possession of another without either permission to do so or a legal right to enter and the defendant's entry can be either voluntary or involuntary. correct incorrect

When a person goes onto someone else's land even if they have the legal right to do so correct incorrect

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. For D to commit burglary contrary to s. 9(1)(a) what additional mens rea must be proved beyond knowing or being reckless whether his entry is trespassory in order to prove that D committed one of the three burglary offences specified in s. 9(2)?

Oblique intention correct incorrect

Conditional intention correct incorrect

Ulterior intent correct incorrect

Malice aforethought correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements is true in relation to aggravated burglary?

The defendant must at the time of the burglary have with him a firearm or imitation firearm, a weapon of offence, or an explosive correct incorrect

The defendant must only have with him at the time of the burglary an item made or adapted for use of causing injury or intended for such use correct incorrect

The defendant must intend to use, but not necessarily have with him at the time of the burglary, a firearm or imitation firearm, a weapon of offence, or an explosive correct incorrect

The defendant will be guilty if he or an accomplice outside the building has with him a firearm or imitation firearm, a weapon of offence, or an explosive correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements about blackmail is incorrect?

The demand may be made by writing, orally or by conduct correct incorrect

The demand must be communicated to the victim correct incorrect

The demand may be express or implied correct incorrect

The demand must be made with a view to making a gain or causing a loss correct incorrect

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. In the case of Clear (1968), Sellers LJ stated that the threat must be _____ to constitute 'menaces'?

Of such a nature and extent that the judges in the same situation might be influenced or made apprehensive so as to accede unwillingly to the demand correct incorrect

Proved to have intimidated the victim correct incorrect

Related to the action to be taken by the person making the demand correct incorrect

Of such a nature and extent that the mind of an ordinary person of normal stability and courage might be influenced or made apprehensive so as to accede unwillingly to the demand correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements about blackmail is false?

If D makes an unwarranted demand with menaces it does not matter that he is in no position to carry out the menaces correct incorrect

To constitute menaces the threats made must be of serious violence correct incorrect

The threats must be such that they would influence or cause apprehension to an ordinary person of normal stability and courage so that they would accede unwillingly to the demand correct incorrect

Menaces include any action detrimental or unpleasant to the person addressed correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not a means of committing the offence of handling?

Benefitting from the stolen goods correct incorrect

Receiving or arranging to receive stolen goods correct incorrect

Undertaking, or assisting in, the disposal of stolen goods correct incorrect

Arranging to sell stolen goods correct incorrect

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. What is the mens rea for handling?

Knowledge that the goods are stolen correct incorrect

Knowledge or belief that the goods are stolen correct incorrect

Negligence regarding whether or not the goods are stolen correct incorrect

Knowledge or belief that the goods are stolen and dishonesty correct incorrect