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How a Judge should direct the jury where the defence of justification is raised

The distinction between murder and manslaughter

What must be proved in a charge of murder or manslaughter

When a person charged with the offence of murder will be convicted of manslaughter

Whether a discharge on the offence of murder is a discharge on the offence of manslaughter

Whether a person who merely slaps another intends to cause grievous harm

Whether a trial court can reduce the charge of murder to manslaughter

Whether a trial Judge is bound to distinguish the offence of murder from manslaughter

Whether an accused person can only be convicted for manslaughter, not murder, where a bottle is the weapon used in causing the death of the deceased

Whether killing an unarmed thief is a murder and not manslaughter

Whether the fact that the particulars of the offence reads that the appellant unlawfully killed the deceased reduces the offence of murder to one of manslaughter

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