R v Jones (Ernest Raymond)

Subject Matter

CRIME — Criminal law — Homicide — Killing in course of other offence — Theft — “In course … of theft” — Money stolen from shop — Murder on premises to escape detection — Whether “in the course … of theft” — Homicide Act, 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2, c. 11), s. 5 (1) (a).

[1959] 1 QB 291; [1959] 2 WLR 190