Felstead v R

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Year1914
CourtHouse of Lords
Date1914
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32 cases
  • Attorney General's Reference (No. 3 of 1998)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 25 Marzo 1999
    ...provisions alleviated some of the harsher aspects of the special verdict. As it amounted to an acquittal, there was no right of appeal. ( R v Felstead [1914] AC 534) Some of these considerations were repeated in R v Duke [1963] 1 QB 120, in the context of the then new defence to murder intr......
  • Application of Neilan
    • Ireland
    • Central Criminal Court (Ireland)
    • 1 Enero 1991
    ...OF INSANITY 1968 IR JUR NS 61 TRIAL OF LUNATICS ACT 1883 S2(1) TRIAL OF LUNATICS ACT 1883 S2(2) TRIAL OF LUNATICS ACT 1883 S1 R V FELSTEAD 1914 AC 534 ADAPTATIONS OF ENACTMENTS ACT 1922 S11(1) CONSTITUTION SAORSTAT EIREANN ART 51 CONSTITUTION ART 49 O, STATE V O'BRIEN 1973 IR 50 CHILDREN A......
  • R v Antoine
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 30 Marzo 2000
    ...mens rea of the crime alleged because in an insanity case the issue of mens rea ceases to be relevant, Lord Reading having stated in Felstead v. The King [1914] A.C. 534, 542: "The indictment of the appellant was for 'feloniously' and 'maliciously' wounding Lilian Ann Felstead, with intent......
  • R v Martin Burke
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 20 Abril 2012
    ...statutory history nor the current framework of the 1964 Act; nor, in addition, had it taken account of the House of Lords' decision in Felstead v The King.18 B. R v Antoine19 42 In R v Antoine the defendant was found unfit to stand trial for murder. The issues that this court 20 identified ......
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  • Criminal Cases Review (Insanity) Act 1999
    • United Kingdom
    • UK Non-devolved
    • 1 Enero 1999
    ...of Criminal Appeal, the question arose whether there was an appeal to that Court against a verdict of ‘guilty but insane’. In Felstead [1914] AC 534, the House of Lords held that a person found guilty but insane was acquitted of the offence because he lacks the guilty mind required for him ......

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