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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... asked him how many there were in the boat . He said ' four . ' I asked him what had become of the other one . He had previously told me three had been picked up . " Some vague suspicion may well have prompted this inquiry , for a ...
... asked forgiveness from our Maker I then said it must be done it may save three lives so we put an end to his sufferings which was not a moments work and all was over himself never moving from where he lay . . . . " His next account ...
... asked also that they be given a free pardon . Enclosed was a press cutting from the Manchester Courier of December 27 , recounting the case of the Turley , headed " Another . " The money constituted a problem . Sir William took the view ...
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Sergeant Laverty Makes an Arrest | 1 |
The Mignonette Goes Foreign | 13 |
The Horrid Deed | 55 |
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