R V Dudley And Stephens
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| Date decided | 1884 |
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| Ruling court | High Court of Justice |
| Citation(s) | (1884) 14 QBD 273 DC |
| Date argued | 1884 |
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| ID | 1036346 |
About R V Dudley And Stephens
R v Dudley and Stephens 14 QBD 273 DC is a leading English criminal case which established a precedent throughout the common law world that necessity is not a defence to a charge of murder. It concerned survival cannibalism following a shipwreck and its purported justification on the basis of a custom of the sea.
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