R v Bentham

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD JUSTICE CAIRNS
Judgment Date19 May 1972
Neutral Citation[1972] EWCA Crim J0519-1
Docket NumberNo. 82/B/70 No. 219/B/70
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Date19 May 1972
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17 cases
  • R v Guner Salih
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 21 November 2007
    ...Blaxland relies in particular on Georgiades [1989] Cr. App. R. 206 in which he was counsel for the appellant. 12 We start with the case of Bentham [1972] Cr. App. R. 618. In that case this court held that it was not necessary to show an intention immediately to endanger life. The court also......
  • Pianka v The Queen
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 21 July 1977
    ...10 App.Cas. 59 H.L.(E.). The following additional cases were cited in argument: Nadan v. The King [1926] A.C. 482, P.C. Reg. v. Bentham [1973] Q.B. 357; [1972] 3 W.L.R. 398; [1972] 3 All E.R. 271, C.A. Reg. v. McDonald (Herby) (1972) 18 W.I.R. 89. Reg. v. Marais, Ex parte Marais [1902] A.C.......
  • R v Thomas SHANKS
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 19 March 2003
    ...had dealt with the matter in his direction to the first jury, a direction that conformed with this Court's analysis in R v. Bentham & Ors [1973] QB 357, at 362–363, of the mischief at which that statutory offence is aimed. Having defined the offence to the jury, he said: "The Prosecution sa......
  • The Queen v Fabian Oliver Thompson
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 8 May 2017
    ...Is it sufficient to prove an intent to resist an arrest which was or which turns out later to have been unlawful? (i) Archbold 17–38: “In R. v. Bentham [1973] Q.B. 357, 56 Cr. App. R. 618, the Court of Appeal held that on a charge of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life contr......
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  • Recent Judicial Decisions
    • United Kingdom
    • Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles No. 45-4, October 1972
    • 1 October 1972
    ...misfortune.Howfarthe criminallaw should do so is an interesting theoretical question. 'October 1972 312 ENDANGERING LIFER. v. Bentham [1972] 3 W.L.R. 398. Court of AppealThree men were charged with a number of offences involvingfirearms. Two of them, Bentham and Baillie, appealed againstcon......

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