R v Waite

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1892
Year1892
CourtCourt for Crown Cases Reserved
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11 cases
  • Haughton v Smith
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 21 Noviembre 1973
    ...it was possibly supported by the rest of the Court. The same reasoning would apply to a case of unlawful carnal knowledge (cf Waite [1892] 2 Q.B. 600), whether, as there, it was the male who was by reason of age incapable in law of committing the offence, or the female who was in law incapa......
  • PGA v The Queen
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 30 Mayo 2012
    ...the law presumes him impotent, as well as wanting discretion.’ 393 See, eg, R v Eldershaw (1828) 3 Car & P 396 [172 ER 472]; R v Waite [1892] 2 QB 600; R v Williams [1893] 1 QB 320. See also Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (1769), bk 4, c 15 at 212; Roscoe, A Digest of t......
  • R. v. Hess; R. v. Nguyen, (1990) 119 N.R. 353 (SCC)
    • Canada
    • Canada (Federal) Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 4 Octubre 1990
    ...34 O.A.C. 115, refd to. [paras. 37, 75]. R. v. Groombridge (1836), 7 Car. & P. 581; 173 E.R. 256, refd to. [para. 42]. R. v. Waite, [1892] 2 Q.B. 600, refd to. [para. 42]. United States v. Carolene Products Co. (1938), 304 U.S. 144, refd to. [para. 77]. R. v. Big M Drug Mart Ltd., [1985......
  • R. v. Hess; R. v. Nguyen, (1990) 46 O.A.C. 13 (SCC)
    • Canada
    • Canada (Federal) Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 4 Octubre 1990
    ...34 O.A.C. 115, refd to. [paras. 37, 75]. R. v. Groombridge (1836), 7 Car. & P. 581; 173 E.R. 256, refd to. [para. 42]. R. v. Waite, [1892] 2 Q.B. 600, refd to. [para. 42]. United States v. Carolene Products Co. (1938), 304 U.S. 144, refd to. [para. 77]. R. v. Big M Drug Mart Ltd., [1985......
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2 books & journal articles
  • The Doctrine of Incapability and the Emperor's New Clothes: A Protected Defendant or Non-Existent Offences?
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 78-3, June 2014
    • 1 Junio 2014
    ...4 March 2013. 18 R v Groombridge (1836) 7 C & P 582; R v Philips (1839) 8 C & P 736; R v Brimilow (1840) 9 C & P 366; R v Waite [1892] 2 QB 600; R v Williams [1893] 1 QB 320; R v Pickford [1995] QB 203; R v W [2003] EWCA Crim 19 As also was the situation in R v Fethney [2010] EWCA Crim 3096......
  • The Promotion Exams
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles No. 36-12, December 1963
    • 1 Diciembre 1963
    ...to commit rape, heor she can be found guiltyofrape as a principal in the second degree:R. v. Ram (1893) 17 Cox C.C. 609; R. v. Waite [1892] 2 Q.B. 600.December /963 620 Trialand PunishmentRape is triable only at Assizes and is punishable with life imprison-ment.Ifthe jury is not satisfied t......

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