The court considered the lawfulness of the sport of boxing: ‘no rules or practice of any game whatever can make lawful that which is unlawful by the law of the land.’
Citations:
(1878) 14 Cox CC 83
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Brown (Anthony); Regina v Lucas; etc HL 11-Mar-1993
The appellants had been convicted of assault, after having engaged in consensual acts of sado-masochism in which they inflicted varying degreees of physical self harm. They had pleaded guilty after a ruling that the prosecution had not needed to . .
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Crime
Updated: 07 July 2022; Ref: scu.182291
