So she asked some of her students to write the word out for her so she could
compare handwriting samples.
Not exact matches
The French experts had, in fact,
compared the bomber's
handwriting with
samples from Diab's wife.
After the jury had retired, they requested a
sample of cheques which the defendant had allegedly written, the foreman of the jury indicating that they wanted to
compare the
handwriting on the cheques with
samples of the defendant's
handwriting in other documents.
HELD For the jury to use the extraneous material provided after their retirement (i.e. the
sample of further cheques) in order to
compare handwriting so as to decide whether the appellant had written out the cheques in question necessarily meant using that extraneous material as evidence in an exercise that would enable the jury to reach their own conclusion in relation to the appellant's evidence to the contrary.