Law 2101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Criminal Appeal Reports, Actus Reus, Mens Rea
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R v dudley and stephans [1884] 14 qbd 273. R v walter gibbins and edith rose proctor (1919) Court of first instance breda, 27 november 2006, Chapter iv actus reus and mens rea. Boat lost on see, three ppl: dudley, stephens and. Decided they would eat one and so they decided to kill the vessel and eat him. Mother had cousin how lived with her brother and an 26yo man. Girl never went home, she was found dead but not raped. Defendant took lsd and believed he was fighting snakes but he was killing his girlfriend. Omission liability categories of duty of care. Supreme court: refused to accept self-preservation but they were granted a pardon did not want to accept justification to not send a message of killing is okay. Court: rudimentary control is insufficient to ground criminal liability for murder. Court: refused to accept automatism on the grounds that is was self-induced and it was his own fault.
