Whiteley v Chappell (1868) Literal Rule

Jan 28, 2012

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Whiteley v Chappell (1868) Literal Rule.

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Whiteley v Chappell (1868) Literal Rule

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Whiteley v Chappell (1868) Literal Rule In this case, the defendant pretended to be someone who had recently died in order to use that person’s vote. It was an offence to ‘personate any person entitled to vote.’ As dead people cannot vote, the defendant was held not to have committed an offence. The Defendant had voted using a dead person’s name.