Walters v Lunt and another: 1951
The respondents had been charged under section 33(1) of the 1916 Act with receiving from a child aged seven years, certain articles knowing them to have been stolen. Held: A child under eight years was deemed in law to be incapable of committing a crime: it followed that at the time of receipt by the … Continue reading Walters v Lunt and another: 1951