Index card Woolmington v Director of Public Prosecutions

Woolmington v Director of Public Prosecutions

Hearings

23 May 1935 [1935] AC 462; 25 Cr App R 72; 51 TLR 446, HL

Subject Matter

CRIME — Criminal law — Murder — Onus of Proof — Accident — Unlawful Intention — Direction to the Jury — Reasonable Doubt of Guilt — Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 23), s. 4.

Commentary

Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Defences Denying Basic Elements of Liability - Insanity: General Principles: the M‘Naghten Rules - ‘… every man is to be presumed to be sane … until the contrary be proved to [the jury’s] satisfaction’ A3.26

Special Rules of Attribution: Statutory Construction - Strict Liability A6.12

Burden of Proof - Legal and Evidential Burdens - Legal Burden F3.2

Burden of Proof - Incidence of Legal Burden: General Rule F3.6

Burden of Proof - Incidence of Legal Burden: General Rule F3.7

Burden of Proof - Incidence of Legal Burden: General Rule - Express Statutory Exceptions F3.9

Burden of Proof - Incidence of Legal Burden: General Rule - Implied Statutory Exceptions F3.11

Standard of Proof - Usual Direction where Legal Burden on Prosecution F3.49

Presumptions - Presumption of Innocence F3.58

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