References: (1945) 61 TLR 452
Coram: Humphreys J
A man who became unconscious whilst driving due to the onset of a sudden illness should not be made liable at criminal law.
This case is cited by:
- Cited – Hill -v- Baxter ([1958] 1 QB 277)
The Court was asked whether the accused had put forward sufficient evidence on a charge of dangerous driving to justify the justices adjudging that he should be acquitted, there having been no dispute that at the time when his car collided with . . - Mentioned – Regina -v- Quick CACD ([1973] QB 910, Bailii, [1973] EWCA Crim 1, (1973) 137 JP 763, [1973] 3 All ER 347, (1973) 57 Cr App Rep 722, [1973] 3 WLR 26)
The defendant appealed against his conviction for assault. He had pleaded guilty after a ruling by the judge as to the meaning of the phrase ‘a defect of reason, from disease of the mind’ within the meaning of the M’Naughten Rules. More particularly . .