Timeline for If Dr. Henry Jekyll had been charged with killing Sir Danvers Carew, would he have been found guilty?
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| Dec 30, 2025 at 21:04 | vote | accept | Allure | ||
| Dec 29, 2025 at 19:55 | comment | added | ShadowRanger | I would assume (perhaps wrongly) that statutes related to drunk driving and various forms of death that could be caused by it would be relevant here. Once sufficiently drunk, you may not be of sound mind and your actions would not be your responsibility if said drunkenness was involuntary (e.g. due to auto-brewery syndrome or the like), but the act of choosing to intoxicate yourself without ensuring (e.g. by giving keys to a friend, using taxi instead of driving, etc.) you would not drive drunk makes you culpable for the actions of your drunk self. Jekyll's potion is similar. | |
| Dec 29, 2025 at 15:30 | comment | added | MikeB | @Allure Peter is being a trifle pedantic, because 'murder' by definition is illegal, whereas 'kill(ing)' (for example) is legally agnostic. | |
| Dec 28, 2025 at 23:48 | comment | added | Allure | @PeterM For example, they might be attacking you with a deadly weapon. | |
| Dec 28, 2025 at 20:34 | comment | added | Peter M | "murders ... in a manner that is definitely illegal". Is there anyway you can murder someone in a legal way? | |
| Dec 28, 2025 at 15:12 | comment | added | Allure | @MarkMorganLloyd I have no specific jurisdiction in mind, though of course British laws of circa 1886 would be most applicable. | |
| Dec 28, 2025 at 15:02 | answer | added | Trish | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 28, 2025 at 12:28 | comment | added | Mark Morgan Lloyd | Is it your specific intention that this question relate to London circa 1886, rather than to other jurisdictions with their current legal systems? | |
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| Dec 28, 2025 at 2:21 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | And moreover, to assume that he was able to resume the Jekyll persona after all. As his letter says, he believed he was stuck in the Hyde persona. If so then he would have been arrested and tried as Hyde, who would have no possible defence. | |
| Dec 28, 2025 at 1:09 | history | edited | Allure | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 28, 2025 at 0:59 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | You'll also have to depart from the story to assume that Jekyll/Hyde remains alive to face prosecution. | |
| Dec 28, 2025 at 0:44 | answer | added | Jen♦ | timeline score: 8 | |
| Dec 27, 2025 at 23:57 | answer | added | Dale M♦ | timeline score: 4 | |
| Dec 27, 2025 at 23:03 | history | asked | Allure | CC BY-SA 4.0 |