Knowing

[Pierre]

Hello my dear boy.

Part one. It wasn't a crime to know a killer and not notify the police about it.

Part two. What do you mean by "knew about the murders committed by him" my dear boy?

Hello Oscar.

If you were killing people in 1888 and I knew it, because you told me and you also told me you would kill more people, and I did not notify the police, what would the legal implications be for myself, if any?

Pierre

[David Orsam]

Hi,

here is a question for anyone who knows Victorian law.

What would the law say about a situation where someone in 1888 knew a killer and knew about the murders comitted by him and did not notify the police about it?

Hello my dear boy.

Part one. It wasn't a crime to know a killer and not notify the police about it.

Part two. What do you mean by "knew about the murders committed by him" my dear boy?

[John G]

Hi,

here is a question for anyone who knows Victorian law.

What would the law say about a situation where someone in 1888 knew a killer and knew about the murders comitted by him and did not notify the police about it?

Cheers, Pierre

Hello Pierre,

Probably nothing. The relevant common law, misprison of felony, appears to have fallen into disuse for about a century after 1852. See Sykes v Dpp (1962) http://www.uniset.ca/other/cs5/1962AC528.html

[Elamarna]

Hi,

here is a question for anyone who knows Victorian law.

What would the law say about a situation where someone in 1888 knew a killer and knew about the murders comitted by him and did not notify the police about it?

Cheers, Pierre

I venture to suggest the attitude adopted may to a degree depend on whom the person is.

I mean a family member or wife may be considered to have some fall back position whereas some in a position of authority would not.

However let's see what the legal guys have to add on it.


Steve

[Pierre]

Hi,

here is a question for anyone who knows Victorian law.

What would the law say about a situation where someone in 1888 knew a killer and knew about the murders comitted by him and did not notify the police about it?

Cheers, Pierre