Beaver v R
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beaver-v-r-274-13521117
title:
Beaver v R
text:
Beaver v The Queen [1957] is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the mens rea requirement in criminal law to prove "possession". The Court held that an offence based on possession, such as possession of a narcotic, requires the Crown to prove that the accused had subjective knowledge of the nature of the object in possession.
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Supreme Court of Canada case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_v_R
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date modified:
2017-04-16T20:27:06Z
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