HIST 3850 Lecture 7: The Carpenter Case
21 Jan 2019
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October 26: r. v. ford (1895) and r. v. martin (1905) Robert carpenter and jacob hill: the brantford assizes, 1896. The criminal code of canada, 1892, states that: murder. Occurs if the offender means to cause death to the person killed (intent) Occurs if the offender means to cause to the person killed any bodily injury which is known to the offender to be likely to cause death, and is reckless. In other words, we disagree with the crown"s argument because they have not proved intention, or mens reus. Residents of six nations grand river reserve. Robert and lillian had been married about five weeks. Lillian has a history of what we believe is epilepsy. The fits upset her family, who were glad to give her to robert to get rid of her: the morning of wednesday, september 23rd 1896. Robert leaves to get margaret giles, as lillian had diarrhoea and he wanted margaret to look at her.
