Criminal law worksheet with answers

Under section 4 of the Theft Act 1968, which of these cannot normally be stolen?

1. AMoney
2. BLand
3. CA bank balance
4. DA bicycle

In English law, a common assault (in the narrow sense) is committed when the defendant:

1. ADamages the victim's property
2. BCauses the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful force
3. CActually applies unlawful force to the victim's body, however slight
4. DCauses the victim serious bodily harm

Automatism as a defence refers to:

1. AActing in the belief that the act is lawful
2. BActing under the influence of strong anger
3. CActing under threats from another person
4. DActing without voluntary control over one's body

The "thin skull" rule in criminal law means:

1. AThe victim's injuries must be foreseeable in extent
2. BThe defendant must take the victim as they find them
3. CA frail victim breaks the chain of causation
4. DOnly healthy victims are protected

D puts poison in V's drink intending to kill her, but V dies of an unrelated heart attack before the poison works. D is guilty of:

1. ANo offence at all
2. BMurder
3. CManslaughter
4. DAttempted murder

D takes a college exam paper, reads it and returns it, planning to cheat. Following Oxford v Moss, D did not steal because:

1. AThe paper itself was returned, so there was no intention to deprive
2. BExam papers have no economic value
3. CD was a student at the college
4. DConfidential information is not property under the Theft Act

In R v Larsonneur (1933), a French woman was convicted of being an illegal alien in the UK after being brought there by police against her will. The case illustrates:

1. AThe requirement of a duty for omissions
2. BThe defence of duress of circumstances excusing an involuntary immigration offence
3. CTransferred malice from the police to the defendant
4. DA state of affairs offence where liability arose without a voluntary act

In R v Hinks (2000), the House of Lords held that:

1. AOnly shop thefts involve appropriation
2. BA valid gift can never be theft because full ownership passes to the recipient at once
3. CCivil law always decides criminal liability for theft
4. DReceiving a valid gift can be an appropriation, so it can be theft if dishonest