Cannibalism and Common Law: A Victorian Yachting TragedyBloomsbury Academic, 1994 - 353 páginas Cannibalism and the Common Law is an enthralling classic of legal history. It tells the tragic story of the yacht Mignonette, which foundered on its way from England to Australia in 1884. The killing and eating of one of the crew, Richard Parker, led to the leading case in the defence of necessity, R. v. Dudley and Stephens. It resulted in their being convicted and sentenced to death, a sentence subsequently commuted. In this tour de force Brian Simpson sets the legal proceedings in their broadest historical context, providing a detailed account of the events and characters involved and of life at sea in the time of sail. Cannibalism and the Common Law is a demonstration that legal history can be written in human terms and can be compulsive reading. This brilliant and fascinating book, a marvelous example of eareful historical detection, and first-class legal history, written by a master. |
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... Thomas Gray , the assistant secretary in charge of the Marine De- partment of the board , took a slightly different and more alarming line : " It is not likely that any jury would convict , and if a Court of Law were to stamp this ...
... Thomas , of Mignonette , 19 , 20 , 35 Corréard , A. , 99 , 117 County Tavern , Southampton , 39 Court of Criminal Appeal , 208-9 Court of Crown Cases Reserved , 208-9 , 220 Court of Queen's Bench , 218-19 , 223 Courts , Reorganization ...
... Thomas Ellis , Captain Henry , 181-82 , 185-86 , 189 , 192 , 323 Emigrants , jettisoning of , 162-70 Erikson , Gustav , 261 Euxine , case of the , 176-95 Evans , Edwin , 256-58 Everett , Dane , 80 Exeter , trial at , 198-216 , 302 ...
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Sergeant Laverty Makes an Arrest | 1 |
The Mignonette Goes Foreign | 13 |
The Horrid Deed | 55 |
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