R v William Camplin

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCrown Court
Judgment Date01 January 1845
Date01 January 1845

English Reports Citation: 169 E.R. 163

Crown Cases

Regina
and
William Camplin

S. C 1 Car & Kir. 746; 5 L. T. O S 266; 9 J. P. 424, 743; 1 Cox C. C 220. Explained, R. v Page, 1846, 2 Cox C. C. 133. Followed, R v. Fletcher, 1859, 8 Cox C. C. 131. Considered, R. v. Dee, 1884, 15 Cox C. C. 579. Referred to, R. v. Case, 1850, 4 Cox C. C. 220, R. v. young, 1878, 38 L T. 540.

1845. regina v. william camplin. (Prisoner gave a girl of thirteen years of age liquor for the purpose of exciting her , she became quite drunk ; and when she was in a state of insensibility he violated her. Held : a rape.) [S. C 1 Car & Kir. 746 ; 5 L. T. 0 S 266 ; 9 J. P. 424, 743 ; 1 Cox C. C 220. Explained, R. v Page, 1846, 2 Cox C. C. 133. Followed, R v. Fletcher, 1859, 8 Cox C. C. 131. Considered, R. v. Dee, 1884, 15 Cox C. C. 579. Referred to, R. v. Case, 1850, 4 Cox C. C. 220 , R. v. Young, 1878, 38 L T. 540.] The prisoner was tried before Mr. Baron Parke at the March Sessions at the Old Bailey, and convicted of a rape on the person of a girl of thirteen years of age. He made her quite drunk, and when she was in a [90] state of insensibility took advantage of it and violated her The jury found that he gave her liquor for the purpose of exciting her, not with the...

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5 cases
  • The People (Director of Public Prosecutions) v C. O'R
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 11 November 2016
    ...having been made drunk by the prisoner (though the liquor was given only for the purpose of exciting her), it is a rape. R. v. Camplin, 1 Den. 89; 1 C. & K. 746; 1 Cox, 220. So, also, if a man gets into bed with a woman while she is asleep, and he knows she is asleep, and he has connection ......
  • R v Dee
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 1 December 1884
    ...Russ. & Ry. 487. R. v. SaundersENR 8 C. & P. 265. R. v. Williams Ibid. 286. R. v. StauntonENR 1 Car, & K. 415. R. v. CamplinENR 1 Den. C. C. 89. R. v. Ryan 2 Cox, C. C. 115. R. v. CaseENR 1 Den. C. C. 580. R. v. ClarkeENR Dears. C. C. 397; 24 L. J. Mag. Cas. 25. R. v. Richard Fletcher 8 Cox......
  • R v K
    • South Africa
    • 5 June 1958
    ...her will, whether such state is caused by the man or not, the accused knowing at the time that she is in that state.' D (Rex v Camplin, 169 E.R. 163, gevolg in Queen v Fletcher, 1859 (2) L.J. M.C. 84). Met verwysing na genoemde sake sê Halsbury, Laws of England, 3de uitgawe, deel 10, bl. 'I......
  • R v William Camplin
    • United Kingdom
    • Central Criminal Court
    • 1 January 1845
    ...not quite accurate, aa the words " by force " do not occur in the definition of rape given by Lords Coke and Hale. 1018 REGHNA V. DENT l CAB1 Den. 89 [746] central criminal court. March Session, 1845, before Baron Parke March 7th, 1845. regina v. william camplin. (On a trial for a rape, it ......
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