judgment in Woolmington v Director of Public Prosecutions

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The judgment in Woolmington v Director of Public Prosecutions is a landmark 1935 House of Lords decision that firmly established the principle that the prosecution bears the burden of proving a defendant’s guilt beyond reasonable doubt in English criminal law.

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