Murder

Question 1

Actus reus, Edward Coke in Coke’s Institutes, definition:

Answer 1

1. Act/omission;
2. Unlawful killing;
3. Accused has the intention to kill;
4. Queen’s peace.

Question 2

Reasonable person/’person in being’, case:

Answer 2

For example, an unborn child is not a ‘person in being’: Re AG Ref No. 3.