Murder—Drunkenness—Insane and Non-Insane Automatism

Publisher： Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN： 1469-2139|20|1|3-6

ISSN： 0008-1973

Source： Cambridge Law Journal, Vol.20, Iss.1, 1962-04, pp. : 3-6

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Abstract

It may be thought that the most important aspect of the decision of the House of Lords in Bratty v. Att.-Gen. for Northern Ireland [1961] 3 W.L.R. 965 is the opportunity it gives for qualifying some of the dicta in Director of Public Prosecutions v. Smith [1961] A.C. 290. Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest (with whom Lords Tucker and Hodson expressed concurrence) referred to the “golden” rule in Woolmington, and said:

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