R v Tolson

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1889
Year1889
CourtCourt for Crown Cases Reserved
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  • B. (A Minor) v DPP
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 23 February 2000
    ...to the effect that an honest mistake by a defendant does not avail him unless the mistake was made on reasonable grounds. Thus, in The Queen v. Tolson (1889) 23 Q.B.D. 168, 181, Cave J. observed: 'At common law an honest and reasonable belief in the existence of circumstances, which, if tru......
  • R v Morgan
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • Invalid date
  • Sweet v Parsley
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 23 January 1969
    ...element than to infer that Parliament intended to create an absolute offence. A variant of this would be to accept the view of Cave J. in Reg. v. Tolson 23 Q.B.D. 165 at page 181. This appears to have been done in Australia where authority appears to support what Sir Owen Dixon said in Prou......
  • Sweet v Parsley
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 23 January 1969
    ...element than to infer that Parliament intended to create an absolute offence. A variant of this would be to accept the view of Cave J. in Reg. v. Tolson 23 Q.B.D. 165 at page 181. This appears to have been done in Australia where authority appears to support what Sir Owen Dixon said in Prou......
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    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Criminal Law. Eighth edition
    • 1 September 2022
    ...42 R v Timminco Ltd (2001), 42 CR (5th) 279, 54 OR (3d) 21 (CA) ...................... 262 R v Tolson (1889), 23 QBD 168, 58 LJMC 97, 60 LT 899 (CCR) ................ 192, 241 R v Toth (1991), 63 CCC (3d) 273, 1991 CanLII 184 (BCCA) ........................... 410 R v Tramble (1983), 33 CR ......
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    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Criminal Law. Seventh Edition
    • 4 August 2018
    ...21 CR (4th) 215 ............... 129 R v Timminco Ltd (2001), 42 CR (5th) 279, 54 OR (3d) 21 (CA) ......................250 R v Tolson (1889), 23 QBD 168, 58 LJMC 97, 60 LT 899 (CCR) ....................... 184 Table of Cases 603 R v Tramble (1983), 33 CR (3d) 264 (Ont Co Ct) .....................
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    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Law and Mental Disorder. A Comprehensive and Practical Approach Preliminary Sections
    • 19 June 2013
    ...1026 Law and Mental disorder: a Comprehensive and Practical approach 1378 R. v. Tolson (1889), 23 Q.B.D. 168 ........................................................................................................................... 305, 316 R. v. Tran, 2010 SCC 58 ...............................
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    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Sovereignty, Restraint, & Guidance. Canadian Criminal Law in the 21st Century
    • 25 June 2019
    ...[1985] 2 SCR 119............................................................................................. 426, 427 R v Tolson (1889), 23 QBD 168 (CCR) .................................................................... 407–8, 446 R v Toma (2000), 147 CCC (3d) 252 (BCCA) .....................
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