Statements (24)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:law
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gptkbp:area |
gptkb:crime
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gptkbp:category |
gptkb:murder
English criminal case law of necessity |
gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:(1884)_14_QBD_273_DC
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gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:date |
1884-12-09
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gptkbp:defendant |
gptkb:Thomas_Dudley
gptkb:Edwin_Stephens |
gptkbp:factsOfCase |
Shipwrecked sailors killed and ate a cabin boy to survive
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gptkbp:fullName |
Regina v Dudley and Stephens
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
R v Dudley and Stephens
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gptkbp:judge |
gptkb:Queen's_Bench_Division
gptkb:Lord_Coleridge |
gptkbp:location |
gptkb:England
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gptkbp:principle |
necessity is not a defense to murder
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gptkbp:sentence |
death sentence, later commuted to six months imprisonment
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gptkbp:significance |
landmark case on necessity defense
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gptkbp:verdict |
guilty
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gptkbp:victim |
gptkb:Richard_Parker
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:English_Common_Law
gptkb:Regina_v._Dudley_and_Stephens |
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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