If several persons act together with a common intent, every act done by each of them in furtherance of that intent is done by all. If a deadly weapon be used an intention to kill is to be inferred – not so from a blow with a fist. From continued violence, after much beating, an intention to kill may be inferred.
[1838] EngR 176, (1838) 2 Lewin 225, (1838) 168 ER 1136 (A)
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England and Wales
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Cited – Jogee and Ruddock (Jamaica) v The Queen SC 18-Feb-2016
Joint Enterprise Murder
The two defendants appealed against their convictions (one in Jamaica) for murder, under the law of joint enterprise. Each had been an accessory when their accomplice killed a victim with a knife. The judge in Jogee had directed the jury that he . .
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