Stouthrief
Stouthrief (alternatively stouthreif[1]) is the Scottish criminal offence of use or threat of violence against a householder who defends themselves during a housebreaking; it is additional to any associated robbery offence.[2]
It is to be distinguished from the offence of Hamesucken which is breaking into the home of an individual and assaulting him where that is the initial purpose.[3] Both are offences in Common Law, typically to be found in the description of the offences libelled in court relative to a single incident rather than in the usually less-detailed newspaper reports of such a trial.
Section 285 ("Certain crimes not to be tried in inferior courts") of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 prevents prosecution for stouthrief in a court of summary jurisdiction other than a Sheriff Court.
Although rarely used, prosecutions for Hamesucken were brought in 2011[3] and 2015.[4]
References
- ↑ According to William Roughead - "Trial of Dr. Pritchard - Notable Scottish Trials" the spelling should be STOUTHREIF. See p.343, reference to the execution in front of New Prison of Dd.Little on 27th. January 1831 for stouthreif.
- ↑ A practical treatise on the criminal law of Scotland - John H A MacDONALD 1867
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