JSB171 Lecture 1: 1. [s4] Attempts
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Onus on crown brd as with all other offences. Attempt is alternative to offence: s583: attempt is a crime | misdemeanour. It is a crime to attempt to : murder: s306 (life, procure abortion: s224 (14 years, rape: s350 (crime 14 years, robbery: s412 ((1) 7 years | (2) armed or in company 14 years | (3) and wounds with weapon or. General attempts: s535: an attempt to commit any other crime is a crime: s535(1, an attempt to commit any other misdemeanour is a misdemeanour: s535(2, misdemeanour = indictable offence less serious than a crime ( summary offence) Where attempt constitutes the offence: where the offence is attempting to do something which is not in itself an offence, s4 does not apply: = decision to bring about situation so far as is possible to do so: he kaw teh per brennan j: need not prove desire: r v willmot (no 2)
