R v Dixon
Introduction '''''Rex v. Dixon''''', 3 M. & S. 11 (K.B. 1814), was a case decided by the King's Bench that held that a person could not be convicted of selling impure foods unless he knew of the impurities.
Subsequent history The case was later overruled in ''Regina v. Woodrow'', which abolished the mens rea requirement of ''Rex v. Dixon''.
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