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Rex v John Mountford: 1835

Sending a tin box filled with gunpowder and peas, to prosecutor, so contrived that prosecutor should set fire to the powder by opening the box, is not attempting to discharge certain loaded arms.

Citations:

[1835] EngR 232, (1835) 1 Mood 441, (1835) 168 ER 1336

Links:

Commonlii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Crime

Updated: 20 September 2022; Ref: scu.315740

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