PO210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11A: Cabin Boy, Provincial And Territorial Courts In Canada, Canlii
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Po210 chapter: not a canadian decision, 4 men got shipwrecked, were on a small row boat, the bigger. One of them was a cabin boy (17 years old) Had no food or water, realized they had to eat someone to survive. Cabin boy was kind of unconscious, was the weakest and was about to die: t(cid:449)o of the(cid:373) ag(cid:396)eed (cid:271)ut o(cid:374)e did(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:374)t. Killed and ate him: three days later they were rescued. Human flesh and blood under their fingernails: pa(cid:396)ke(cid:396)(cid:859)s (cid:396)e(cid:373)ai(cid:374)s (cid:449)e(cid:396)e left i(cid:374) the (cid:271)oat. Cut him open to draw his blood before killing him: defence. Necessity: the court ruled it was not and they were to be hung, g(cid:396)a(cid:374)ted the(cid:373) quee(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:373)e(cid:396)(cid:272)(cid:455, queen let them go free. Common law: human life is precious and is to be protected, necessity is no excuse, life should not be taken or sacrificed even to preserve, dudley gave evidence o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s o(cid:449)(cid:374) Stabbed him in the neck and drank his blood.
