The offence of soliciting to murder under s 26 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) is complete once the arrangement between the accused and the person solicited is effected; the person whom the solicited party might engage to carry out the killing need not be named in the indictment. A court may not investigate the mind of a juror by considering a published account of jury deliberations. An accused's vulnerability arising from mental distress does not of itself provide a basis for excluding evidence obtained by a lawful police operation where there is no suggestion the accused lacked capacity to commit the offence.
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