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Criminal Code Act 1924
358Plea of autrefois acquit or autrefois convict
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358 Plea of autrefois acquit or autrefois convict
In a plea that the accused person has already been acquitted or convicted, it is sufficient to state that he has been lawfully acquitted or convicted, as the case may be, of the crime charged in the indictment, or of the other offence of which he alleges that he has been acquitted or convicted, and, in the latter case, to describe the offence by any term by which it is commonly known.