R v Dudley and Stephens
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R v Dudley and Stephens 14 QBD 273, DC is a leading English criminal case which established a precedent throughout the common law world that necessity is not a defence to a charge of murder. The case
Sketch of the Mignonette by Tom Dudley
Captain Dudley, commander of the Mignonette
Photograph of the lifeboat exhibited at Falmouth in 1884
The Euxine before she was converted to a sailing ship in 1868
Cause célèbre
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A cause célèbre is an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy, outside campaigning, and heated public debate. The term is sometimes used positively for celebrated legal cases for their prece
R v Dudley and Stephens
…castaways, to outlaw the custom of cannibalism (cases of which were little publicised until after the death of perpetrators) and it became a legal cause célèbre in late 19th-century Britain, particularly among mariners. The yacht Mignonette was a 19.43 net t., 52-foot (16 m) cruiser built in 1867. It was an…
Contemporary cartoon depicting the divisions in French society caused by the Dreyfus affair