A Selection of Cases Illustrative of English Criminal Law

Part I. General Principles of Criminal Liability; Section I. The Distinction between Civil and Criminal Wrongs; Section II. The Mental Element in Criminal Liability; Section III. Modes of Participation in a Crime; Section IV. Inchoate Crimes; Part II. Definitions of Particular Crimes; Section I. Suicide; Section II. Murder and Manslaughter: 1. The external act; 2. The mental state in murder; 3. The mental state in manslaughter; Section III. Homicides that Are Not Crimes; Section IV. Statutory Offences against the Person; Section V. Common Assaults; Section VI. Malicious Offences against Property; Section VII. Burglary: 1. The place; 2. The breaking; 3. The entry; 4. The intent; Section VIII. Housebreaking; Section IX. Forgery: 1. The instrument; 2. The forging; 3. The intent; Section X. Larceny: 1. Taking; 2. Carrying away; 3. Appropriation by bailees; 4. The subject-matter; 5. The value; 6. The ownership; 7. The claim of right; 8. The intention; Section XI. Embezzlement: 1. Who is a servant?; 2. What can be embezzled?; 3. Proof of appropriation; Section XII. False Pretences: 1. The mere pretence; 2. The obtaining; 3. The right obtained; 4. The subject-matter of the right; Section XIII. Receiving Stolen Goods; Section XIV. High Treason; Section XV. Treason-Felony; Section XVI. Riot and Unlawful Assembly; Section XVII. Conspiracy; Section XVIII. Perjury; Section XIX. Bigamy; Section XX. Libel; Part III. Modes of Legal Proof; Section I. Presumptions; Section II. The Burden of Proof; Section III. Evidence: 1. The importance of observing the rules of evidence; 2. The relevancy of evidence; 3. Leading questions; 4. Proof of writings; 5. Hearsay; 6. Confessions; 7. Evidence of character; 8. Privilege; 9. Accomplices; 10. Discrediting a witness; Index.