SUMMARY OF R V. MATYR
R V. MATYR M struck a blow at S who subsequently died from a hemorrhage. The medical evidence was that it would not be usual for such a blow to cause death, and that S had a peculiar weakness. Nevertheless the...
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SUMMARY OF R V. CREAMER
R V. CREAMER The prosecution had to prove in a receiving case that the husband and wife were not ‘living together’. It was held that when a husband and wife are living together not only when they are residing together in...
SUMMARY OF R V. LAWRENCE
R V. LAWRENCE Lord Atkin said: ‘an essential principle of our criminal law that the trial for an indictable offence has to be conducted in the presence of the accused and for this purpose trial means the whole proceedings including sentene....
SUMMRY OF R V. AMADU ADAMU
R V. AMADU ADAMU The deceased had gone out, armed, to hunt the accused whom he suspected of theft. There was no doubt that the accused who was a thief had killed him, but it was clear from the evidence how...
SUMMARY OF WALTERS V LUNT
WALTERS V LUNT The respondents had been charged with receiving from a child aged seven years, certain articles knowing them to be stolen. It was held that a child under eight years in law was incapable of commiting a crime. It...