The Court for Crown Cases Reserved was an
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appellate court
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for
criminal cases established in 1848 to hear references from the
trial
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judge
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. It did not allow a
retrial
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, only judgment on a point of law. Neither did it create a ''right'' of appeal and only a few selected cases were heard every year.
History
The Court for Crown Cases Reserved was created by the Crown Cases Act 1848, introduced in the
House of Lords
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by
Lord Campbell. Under the act, after a conviction, the trial judge in a criminal case could refer the case by way of case stated to the court. A case that was reserved would then be heard by at least five judges, including at least one Chief Justice or Chief Baron.
The court could only hear appeals on a point of law; it could quash a conviction, but not order a retrial or alter a sentence.
It was superseded by the
Court of Criminal Appeal in 1907.
[Cornish & Clarke (1989) ''p.''619]
Notable cases referred to the court
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R v Prince
''Rex v. Prince'', L.R. 2 C.C.R. 154 (1875), was an English case that held the ''mens rea'' necessary for criminal liability should be required for the elements central to the wrongfulness of the act, and that strict liability should apply to the ...
'' (1875)
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R v Coney
''R v Coney'' (1882) 8 QBD 534 is an English case in which the Court for Crown Cases Reserved found that a bare-knuckle boxing, bare-knuckle fight was an assault occasioning actual bodily harm, despite the consensual crime, consent of the partici ...
'' (1882)
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Former courts and tribunals in England and Wales
Legal history of England
English criminal law
1848 establishments in England
1907 disestablishments in England
Courts and tribunals established in 1848
Courts and tribunals disestablished in 1907
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