ABSTRACT
However, s 2(2) of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933 states that, where a defendant has been committed for trial at the Crown Court, the bill of indictment against the person charged may include, either in substitution for or in addition to counts charging the offence(s) for which the defendant was committed for trial, any counts founded on the evidence contained in the witness statements relied on by the prosecution at the committal proceedings, provided that the various counts may lawfully be joined in the same indictment.
