Exam. 'preview’ not criminal
NZPA-Reuter London Three British High Court judges have ruled that a university student who sneaked a preview of examination questions was not guilty of a criminal offence. “By any standards it was conduct to be condemned and would be described by the layman as cheating,” said Mr Justice Smith, sitting with the Lord Chief Justice (Lord Widgery) and Mr Justice Wien. But, he said, such cheating did not come under criminal law.
Although the paper was : “property” according to the • Theft Act, there was no i “property” in the questions, i The student had never intended to keep the paper. The judges were asked to adjudicate in an appeal from the Merseyside County' ; ■ Council against a magis-' trate’s dismissal in June, ( 1976, of a summons alleging that Paul John Richard : Moss, a student at Liverpool University, stole “intangible” property — questions on civil engineering.
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Press, 23 October 1978, Page 7
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