R v Whybrow

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1951
Date1951
CourtCourt of Criminal Appeal
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11 cases
  • R v Pace and another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 18 February 2014
    ...is, of course, death. Accordingly, for a charge of attempted murder to be made out the intent which must be proved is an intent to kill: see Whybrow (1951) 35 CAR 141. That remains the case since the 1981 Act. Of course, that is an offence different from the present case. But Mr Stein is at......
  • Tagiao Ah-Chong v R
    • New Zealand
    • Supreme Court
    • 17 June 2015
    ...be proved in some way. 54 L v R [2006] 3 NZLR 291 (CA) at [26] (emphasis added). 55 L v R, above n 1, at [23]. 56 In R v Whybrow (1951) 35 Cr App R 141 (CA) at 147, Lord Goddard CJ said in relation to attempt that “the intent is the essence of the 57 Crimes Act, s 310. 58 See Simester, Broo......
  • R v Mohan
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 4 February 1975
    ...argued, is an accurate statement of the law. 15 In support of his argument he cited the words of Lord Goddard, Lord Chief Justice in R. v. Whybrow 35 Criminal Appeal Reports 141 at page 146: "Therefore, if one person attacks another, inflicting a wound in such a way that an ordinary, reason......
  • People v Douglas
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 1 January 1985
    ... ... See Rex v. Whybrow (1951) 35 Cr. App. R. 141; Reg ... v. Mohan 60 Cr. App. R. 272, (1975) 2 W.L.R.859 ... 11Anomalous or not, the words of section 14 "shoot at a personwith intent to commit murder" specifically require proof of an intent to commit murder and no other intent is sufficient. The Scottish case of ... ...
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3 books & journal articles
  • ENLARGED PANELS IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF SINGAPORE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2019, December 2019
    • 1 December 2019
    ...[1949] 2 KB 226; Younghusband v Luftig [1949] 2 KB 354; Wrottesley v Regent Street Florida Restaurant [1951] 2 KB 277; R v Whybrow (1951) 35 Cr App R 141; Simpson v Peat [1952] 2 QB 24; Berkeley v Papadoyannis [1954] 2 QB 149; Morelle Ltd v Wakeling [1955] 2 QB 379; R v Vickers [1957] 2 QB ......
  • The Pitfalls in the Law of Attempt: A New Perspective
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 69-2, April 2005
    • 1 April 2005
    ...30 A Crim R 262.13 Ibid. at 263.14 Ibid. at 266.15 Ibid.16 Ibid.17 [1979] 2 NSWLR 764.18 Ibid. at 773.19 Ibid.20 Ibid.21 Ibid.22 (1951) 35 Cr App R 141.23 [1976] QB The Pitfalls in the Law of Attempt and the accused’s state of mind as to the existence of facts which renderhis or her conduct......
  • Transferred Malice, Joint Enterprise and Attempted Murder
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 78-3, June 2014
    • 1 June 2014
    ...murder cases, D must have acted with an intention to kill, an intention to do really serious harm is not enough (R v Whybrow (1951) 35 Cr App R 141; R v Walker and Hayles (1990) 90 Cr App R 226). What, therefore, is the mens rea of any secondary party? Some guidance is provided by the Court......

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