Вариант № 5

Задание № 1. Прочитайте и письменно переведите текст.

EVIDENCE

Before a decision is made on the guilt or innocence of the accused the circumstances of the case must be brought to light.

The investigator and the court base their conclusions concerning the guilt or innocence of the accused on verification and assessment of the evidence. Evidence in the criminal case is facts on the basis of which the organs of inquiry, the investigator and the court establish, in accordance with the law, the existence or absence of a socially dangerous act, the guilt of the person committing the act, and other circumstances of importance in making correct decision in the case.

The investigator, the police, the procurator and the court establish the facts in the case from the testimony of witnesses, the inquired parties, suspects, accused, and the opinions of experts, exhibits, the records of the investigation and court proceedings and other documents.

The investigator, having received information that a crime has been committed, inquires as to the persons who may be of help to him in establishing the circumstances of the case, and summon them as witnesses. To obtain exhibits the investigator inspects the crime scene and makes searches and seizures.

For the evidence collected by the investigator to be valid in court it must be presented in the form of documents of investigation to be signed by witnesses, the investigator and other participants in the case and to be without erasures, alterations, etc.

The collection of evidence before the trial is performed in the preliminary investigation. The testimony of witnesses is a type of evidence. A witness is a person who is aware of facts relevant to a criminal case. It is the duty of the witness to give all information at his disposal concerning the case and the accused.

The indictment is the culminating stage of the investigation in which the investigator sets forth the particulars of the crime and the evidence collected in the case and specifies the article of the criminal code covering the acts of the accused.

vocabulary

the guilt or innocence of the accused the case the investigator verification and assessment of the evidence the criminal case the organs of inquiry the testimony of witnesses the inquired parties suspects court proceedings the crime scene searches and seizures the evidence the trial the preliminary investigation the indictment the article of the criminal code

вина или невиновность обвиняемого дело следователь проверка и оценка доказательств (улик) уголовное дело органы дознания показания свидетелей пострадавшие стороны подозреваемые судебные разбирательства место преступления обыски и изъятия улики, доказательства судебное разбирательство предварительное расследование обвинительное заключение статьи уголовного кодекса

Задание № 2. Перепишите только верные утверждения по тексту “Evidence”.

1. Before a decision is made on the guilt or innocence of the accused the circumstances of the case must be brought to light.

2. To obtain exhibits the investigator inspects the crime scene and makes searches and seizures.

3. The collection of evidence before the trial is performed in the preliminary investigation.

4. It is not the duty of the witness to give all information at his disposal concerning the case and the accused.

5. The indictment is the first stage of the investigation.

Задание № 3. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык предложения с причастиями (Participle I, Participle II), обращая внимание на особенности их образования и перевода. Выпишите причастия. Определите их форму и функцию.

1. Constitutional Law is a leading branch of the system of laws.

2. When asked about this book, I didn’t say a word.

3. The having been elected Prime Minister formed the Cabinet.

4. While investigating this case the officer interviewed many eye-witnesses of the crime.

5. Law is a system of rules being established by the state.

6. About 80 percent of criminal and civil cases were tried at the level of a district court.

Задание № 4. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык предложения с причастными оборотами, обратите внимание на особенности их образования и перевода. Определите причастные обороты в предложениях.

1. The Parliament consisting of two chambers, each of them has great power in the country.

2. We heard that person being arrested at a crime scene for having committed a serious offence.

3. Freedom of speech and demonstration was reported being violated in that country.

4. The case having been investigated, it was sent to the court.

Задание № 5. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык предложения с герундием (Gerund), обратите внимание на особенности его образования и перевода. Определите форму и функцию герундия в предложениях.

1. A criminal investigation department is primarily responsible for detecting crimes.

2. There are different methods of prosecuting offenders.

3. His having pled not guilty does not mean that he is innocent.

4. After being questioned by the investigator the suspect was let go.

5. We can hardly break laws without having been punished.

Задание № 6. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие условные придаточные предложения I, II и III типа. Обратите внимание на особенности их образования и перевода.

1. If there were no criminals, there would be no lawyers.

2. If I had been in your position, I should have followed a lawyer’s advice.

3. If the police come quickly, the rioter will not run away.

Задание № 7. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения, обращая внимание на соблюдение правила о согласовании времён.

1. Fingerprints were the main evidence in the crime which had been committed three weeks ago.

2. Everyone realized the police would arrest that person.

3. When we came to the crime scene, the police officer had already recorded all the details of the crime.

4. All the evidence that we had found was presented in the court.

Задание № 8. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык предложения, содержащие сослагательное наклонение, обращая внимание на особенности его образования и перевода.

1. It is necessary that the witness speak in the court.

2. We could write about this fact in my course-paper.

3. The suspect should be put into prison lest he commit another crime.

4. If the policeman had searched the criminal, he could have found the gun.

5. I wish I could take part in the investigation of this theft.