The term ‘person’ where it appeared in s.4 of the 1861 Act was held to include an unborn child provided it was subsequently born alive. Soliciting a woman to kill her unborn child after it is born constitutes incitement.
Citations:
[1919] 2 KB 125
Statutes:
Offences Against the Person Act 1861 4
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Crime
Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.553625