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Mamote-Kulang v The Queen

Case [1964] HCA 21 25 March 1964

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AGLC: Mamote-Kulang v The Queen [1964] HCA 21
Case: [1964] HCA 21
Decision Date: 25 March 1964

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Mamote-Kulang v The Queen [1964] HCA 21

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Harris v Bennett (No 3) [2004] VSC 171

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Maskell v The King [2025] VSCA 170
Citation 1 (Para 2)

…in the way of that argument,[10] the applicant sought to distinguish them. [10]Citing Mamote-Kulang of Tamagot v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62; [1964] HCA 21.…
Reimers v Medical Board of Australia [2024] NSWCA 164
Citation 2 (Para 72)

…JA expressed it during the hearing, as an undistributed middle. Windeyer J observed in Mamote-Kulang of Tamagot v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62 at 85; [1964] HCA 21 that the fact “that an occurrence is not accidental if any one or more of certain qualities can be predicated of it does not mean that it is accident…
Attorney-General's Reference No 1 of 2022 [2024] TASCCA 2
Citation 3

…tory form in which it appears in the Criminal Codes which adopt Sir Samuel Griffith's draft, as Windeyer J. pointed out in Mamote-Kulang v. The Queen [1964] HCA 21; (1964) 111 CLR 62, at pp 76-77. But since Woolmington v. The Director of Public Prosecutions [1935] UKHL 1; (1935) AC 462 it has come to be recogniz…
R v Walters [2022] SASC 156
Citation 4 (Para 38)

…342] per Peek J. [11] R v Moffatt (2000) 112 A Crim R 201 at [71]. [12] R v Hallett [1969] SASR 141 at 150. [13] Mamote-Kulang of Tamagot v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62 at 79 per Windeyer J.…
Pickett v Western Australia [2020] HCA 20
Citation 5 (Para 6)

…f misadventure contributed not only to the definitional concept of mens rea , but also to specific excuses such as infancy and madness[129]. [125](1964) 111 CLR 62 at 78. [126] Bracton on the Laws and Customs of England , Woodbine ed, Thorne tr (1968), vol 2 at 340. [127] R v Compton (1348) 22 Ass, f 97, pl 55, tran…
R v Batterham [2019] NSWSC 1798
Citation 6 (Para 26)

…as he finds him”. That is a shorthand reference to the principal recognised by Taylor and Owen JJ in Mamote-Kulang v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62; [1964] HCA 21 at p67. In that case their Honours were dealing with an argument under s 23 of the Criminal Code (Qd). Death had resulted from a blow that would not have…
Yarran v The State of Western Australia [2019] WASCA 159
Citation 7 (Para 8)

…nces of the act which are not only unintended but unlikely and unforeseen: see Vallance v The Queen ((1961) 108 CLR 56); Mamote‑Kulang v The Queen ((1964) 111 CLR 62). In wilful murder, the offender must have a specific intention to cause the death of the deceased or of some other person (the Code, s. 278) at the ti…
The State of Western Australia v Carkeek [2016] WASC 201
Citation 8 (Para 6)

…nsidered irrelevant that that death would not have occurred but for a particular weakness or abnormality in the victim: Mamote‑Kulang v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62, 79 (Windeyer J) and Timbu‑Kolian v The Queen (1969) 119 CLR 47, 59.…
Robb v The Queen [2016] VSCA 125
Citation 9 (Para 1)

…ue [1975] 1 WLR 1411, 1415; R v Smithers (1977) 34 CCC (2d) 427, 437; R v Van den Bemd (1994) 179 CLR 137. [37] Mamote-Kulang v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62. [38]Ibid 79.…
Blacker v The Queen [2011] NTCCA 10
Citation 10

…) 3 A Crim R 1; Hoessinger v The Queen (1992) 62 A Crim R 146; Kaporonovski v R (1973) 133 CLR 209; Kruger v Kidson [2004] NTSC 24; Mamote-Kulang v R (1964) 111 CLR 62; McMaster v R (1994) 4 NTLR 92; Nydam v R [1977] VR 430; Pregelj v Manison (1987) 88 FLR 346; R v Krosel (1986) 41 NTR 34; Sanby v The Queen (1993) 1…
Johnson v The State of Western Australia [2009] WASCA 71
Citation 11 (Para 4)

…principle, it is permissible to interpret the statutory language in the light of decisions expounding the common law ( Mamote‑Kulang v The Queen [(1964) 111 CLR 62, at 76]) including decisions subsequent to the Code's enactment: Murray v The Queen [[1962] Tas SR 170, at 172 ‑ 173, 192; ]; Reg v Rau [[1972] Tas SR 59…
Accident Compensation Corporation v Ambros [2007] NZCA 304
Citation 12

…at [IP32.17] and, in the criminal context, R v Martin (1832) 5 Car & P 128; 172 ER 907 (CA), R v Burdee (1916) 12 Cr App R 153, Mamote-Kulang v R (1964) 111 CLR 62 and R v Renata [1992] 2 NZLR 346 (CA). [29] An extension of the material contribution approach occurred in McGhee . That case concerned a claimant who co…
Roberts v The State of Western Australia [2007] WASCA 48
Citation 13 (Para 8)

…le, it is permissible to interpret the statutory language in the light of decisions expounding the common law ( Mamote‑Kulang v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62 at 76) including decisions subsequent to the Code's enactment ( Murray v The Queen [1962] Tas SR 170 at 172‑173, 192; R v Rau [1972] Tas SR 59 at 71‑72)'. Thus t…
Krakouer v The State of Western Australia [2006] WASCA 81
Citation 14 (Para 14)

…order", in s 296 of the Criminal Code (Qld), as including "constitutional weakness". That section was also referred to in Mamote‑Kulang v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62 at 66 ‑ 67, where its meaning and application was left open. Then, in R v Carter (2003) 141 A Crim R 142, it was given further attention. In that case…
Stevens v The Queen [2005] HCA 65
Citation 15 (Para 1)

…1974] 1 NSWLR 665 at 669. [76](1973) 133 CLR 209 at 231. [77]See also Vallance v The Queen (1961) 108 CLR 56 at 61, 65, 82; Mamote-Kulang v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62 at 69; Timbu Kolian v The Queen (1968) 119 CLR 47 at 67, 71; R v Tralka [1965] Qd R 225 at 228, 233-234.…
R v Deemal-Hall, Darkan and McIvor [2005] QCA 206
Citation 16 (Para 1)

…een (1986) 161 CLR 10 at 30, Brennan v The King [1936] 55 CLR 253 at 263. [19] Boughey v The Queen (1986) 161 CLR 10 at 30, Mamote-Kulang v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62 at 76. [20] Boughey v The Queen (1986) 161 CLR 10 at 30, Murray v R [1962] Tas SR 170 at 172 - 173, 192; Reg. v Rau [1972] Tas SR 59 at 71 - 72. [21]…
Director of Public Prosecutions (NT) v WJI [2004] HCA 47
Citation 17 (Para 16)

…so appeared to adopt the narrow view (at 71). [129](1968) 119 CLR 47 at 52‑53 per Barwick CJ, 64 per Windeyer J. See also Mamote-Kulang v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62 at 81. [130](1973) 133 CLR 209 at 231.…
Agnew v The Queen [2003] WASCA 188
Citation 18

…660 Callaghan v The Queen (1952) 87 CLR 115 Gammage v The Queen (1969) 122 CLR 444 Mackenzie v The Queen (1996) 190 CLR 348 Mamote-Kulang v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62 Murray v The Queen (2002) 76 ALJR 899 R v Kirkman (1987) 44 SASR 591 R v Suresh (1998) 102 A Crim R 18 Stanton v The Queen (2003) 198 ALR 41 Vallance…
Director of Public Prosecutions Reference No 1 of 2002 [2002] NTCCA 11
Citation 19 (Para 9)

…ous cases arising from those jurisdictions where their provisions have been considered, such as Vallance (1961) 108 CLR 56; Mamote-Kulang v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62; Timbu Kolian v The Queen (1968) 119 CLR 47 and Kaporonovski v The Queen (1975) 133 CLR 209. Those cases were all reported prior to the drafting of t…
Murray v The Queen [2002] HCA 26
Citation 20 (Para 20)

…CLR 30 at 38 per Mason CJ, Brennan and McHugh JJ, 81 per Gaudron J. See also Vallance v The Queen (1961) 108 CLR 56; Mamote‑Kulang v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62; Timbu Kolian v The Queen (1968) 119 CLR 47; Kaporonovski v The Queen (1973) 133 CLR 209.…
Ugle v The Queen [2002] HCA 25
Citation 21 (Para 24)

…eased viewed in the circumstances of its happening. [36] R v Falconer (1990) 171 CLR 30 at 38; see also Vallance v The Queen (1961) 108 CLR 56 at 59; Mamote-Kulang v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62 at 69, 72, 85; Timbu Kolian v The Queen (1968) 119 CLR 47 at 52-53.…
The Queen v Hooper P101/2000 [2001] HCATrans 561
Citation 22

…principles to be applied concerning the application of section 23 of the Criminal Code (WA) are authoritatively stated in Mamote‑Kulang v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62 and Kaporonovski v The Queen (1973) 133 CLR 209 at 215 and 230 to 232. The Court of Criminal Appeal having found that there was a misdirection in law a…
R v Steindl [2001] QCA 434
Citation 23 (Para 1)

…The appellant also emphasises that the term "constitutional defect" was used in both Mamote-Kulang [19] and Ward v R .[20] [19](1963-1964) 111 CLR 62. [20](1972) WAR 36.…
Ugle v The Queen [2000] WASCA 381
Citation 24 (Para 2)

…the act of an accused which is not only unintended but unlikely and unforeseen: see Vallance v The Queen (1961) 108 CLR 56; Mamote-Kulang v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62; The Queen v Falconer (1991) 71 CLR 30 at 38. In this case the event is clearly the death of Mr Byrne.…
R v Moffatt [2000] NSWCCA 174
Citation 25

…Cox CC 692, Murton (1862) 3F & F 492 (176 ER 221), Martyr (1962) Qd.R 398, Blaue (1975) 1 WLR 1441, Smithers (1977) 24 CCC (2d) 427, Mamote-Kulang (1964) 111 CLR 62, Butcher (1986) VR 43, McKinnon (1980) 2 NZLR 31, Pagett (1983) 76 CR App R 279 applied. Where the precise mechanism of death is “obscure”, the questio…
R v Azaddin [1999] WASCA 265
Citation 26

…Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177 CLR 292 Gavin v The Queen (1991) 6 WAR 195 Hubert v The Queen (1993) 67 A Crim R 181 Mamote-Kulang v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62 Narkle v The Queen, unreported; CCA SCt of WA; Library No 6108; 2 December 1985 R v Callaghan [1942] St R Qd 40 R v Martyr [1962] Qd R 398 R v Van Den Bemd…
R v Barlow [1997] HCA 19
Citation 27

…[85] (1964) 111 CLR 62 at 76.…
Parker v The Queen [1997] HCA 15
Citation 28

…[75] (1964) 111 CLR 62 at 76.…
R v Van Den Bemd [1994] HCA 56
Citation 29

…person." See per Taylor and Owen JJ in Mamote-Kulang v. The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62 at 66, cited post.) but cases at common law may illuminate the construction of the Code where the meaning is doubtful ((6) See the cases mentioned in Boughey v. The Queen (1986) 161 CLR 10 at 30-31.). However, where the Code has been…
R v Batchelor [1993] QCA 37
Citation 30

…of the Judges of the High Court in Mamote-Kulang (1964) 111 CLR 62. It is desirable to quote some of what was there said. The case was one in which the deceased died of a ruptured spleen as a result of a blow by the appellant's fist. There was evidence suggesting that a fatal result would not have ensued had the spl…
Wilson v The Queen [1992] HCA 31
Citation 31

…24. A convenient starting point for a review of the Australian authorities is the decision of this Court in Mamote-Kulang v. The Queen (35) (1964) 111 CLR 62. It will be necessary to refer to that case again in the context of battery manslaughter. The appellant struck the deceased a blow with the back of his hand to…
Attorney-General's Reference No 1 of 1989 [1990] TASSC 13
Citation 32

…orm in which it appears in the Criminal Codes which adopt Sir Samuel Griffith's draft, as Windeyer J pointed out in Mamote–Kulang v The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62, at pp76–77. But since Woolmington v Director of Public Prosecutions [1935] AC 462 it has come to be recognised that the prosecution bears the ultimate onus…
Prideaux v Director of Public Prosecutions [1987] HCA 51
Citation 33

…story, and those words and phrases should be read according to the established meanings unless the context displaces them: Mamote-Kulang v. The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62, at p 76.…
Boughey v the Queen [1986] HCA 29
Citation 34

…law principle, it is permissible to interpret the statutory language in the light of decisions expounding the common law (Mamote-Kulang v. The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62, at p 76) including decisions subsequent to the Code's enactment: Murray v. The Queen (1962) Tas.SR 170, at pp 172-173,192; Reg. v. Rau (1972) Tas.SR…
West Australian Newspapers Ltd v Bridge [1979] HCA 10
Citation 35

…or resort to that letter as an aid to the interpretation of the Criminal Code of Western Australia. As Windeyer J. said in Mamote-Kulang v. The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62, at p 81 when speaking of the Queensland Criminal Code: "We, of course, are concerned with the true construction of the words, not with the intention…
Kaporonovski v The Queen [1973] HCA 35
Citation 36

…ould not reasonably have been foreseen by an ordinary person: see Vallance v. The Queen (1961) 108 CLR, at pp 61, 65, 82 , Mamote-Kulang v. The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62, at pp 69, 72, 85 , Timbu Kolian v. The Queen (1968) 119 CLR, at pp 67, 71 and Reg. v. Tralka (1965) Qd R 225, at pp 228, 233-234 . It is impossible…
Timbu Kolian v The Queen [1968] HCA 66
Citation 37

…3. The trial judge, upon the facts I have outlined, concluded that by reason of this Court's decision in Mamote-Kulang v. The Queen (1964) 111 CLR 62; (1963) P &NGLR 163 , he was bound to convict the applicant of manslaughter. In the light of that decision, he felt unable to accept the submission made to him that th…
Reg v Van Den Bemd [1993] HCATrans 348
Citation 38

…and if we go to the footnote we see that the reference in Mamote-Kulang is to pages 69, 72 and 85. So we now go to Mamote, (1964) 111 CLR 62, to…
Wilson v The Queen [1991] HCATrans 274
Citation 39

…ut there are various statements of importance. The first comes from a pre-Holzer case of Mamote-Kulang v Reg, which has been mentioned several times, (1964) 111 CLR 62. Your Honours, this involved a conviction for manslaughter. The appeal was dismissed by this Court from that conviction and the facts, very shortly s…
R v Van Den Bemd [1992] QCA 371
Citation 40

…With these matters in mind, we revert to R. v. Martyr. Not long after it the decision appeared to receive the approval, direct or indirect, of the High Court (Menzies J. dissenting) in Mamote-Kulang v. The Queen (1964) 111 C.L.R. 62. It was followed by the Court of Criminal Appeal in R. v. Hansen [1…
Harris v Bennett (No 3) [2004] VSC 171
Citation 41 (Para 1)

…, D.C. & Geddes, R.S. (1996) Statutory Interpretation in Australia (4 th ed.) Sydney, Butterworths at paragraph 8.7-8.8. [19](1961) 108 CLR 56. [20](1964) 111 CLR 62. [21](1973) 133 CLR 209; (1973) 1 ALR 296. [22](1975) 134 CLR 1; (1975) 5 ALR 147.…

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