A.  &  E.  907.  4  People  v.  Stetson,  4  Barb.  151 ;  Vol.
2  Rex  V.  Beacall,  1  Car.  &  P.  310,  454 ;  II.  §  469.     See  Rex  u.  Beacall,  1  Car.  &
Rex  V.  Wellings,  1  Car.  &  P.  454;  Reg.  P.  454.  '

V.  Longbottom,  3  Cox  C.  C.  439,  17  Law         «  Vol.  II.  §  4fi8,  469.    And  see  Reg  v.
Reporter,  379,  and  note  on  p.  881;  Reg.  Hudson,  Bell  C.  C.  '263,  8  Cox  C.  C.  305;

!•.  Swindall,  2  Car,  &  K.  230 ;    Reg.  w.  Reg.  v. ,  1  Cox  C.  C.  260.
Williamson,  1  Cox  C.  C.  97 ;  Reg.  «.  Hoi-         »  Vol.  II.  §  781,  789.
land,  2  Moody  &  R.  351 ;  Rex  v.  Rew,  J.         7  Riley  „.  xiie  State,  16  Conn.  47.
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CHAP.  XV.]      INJUKED  PERSON  "WEONG   OE  CONSENTING.      §  260

may  lawfully  inflict  even  on  himself ;  and,  to  these,  consent  is  of
no  avail.     Thiis  —

Homicide.  —  A  man  may  not  take  away  his  own  life ;  conse- ,
quently  another,  who  takes  it  at  his  request,  incurs  the  same|
guilt  as  if  not  requested.^  It  is  thus  where  death  is  inflicted  in
a  duel.2    So  likewise,  —

Mayhem.  —  It  being  the  gist  of  the  crime  in  mayhem  that  the
injured  person  is  rendered  less  able  in  fighting,^  one  may  not
innocently  maim  himself;*  and,  if  at  his  request  another  maims
him,  both  are  guilty.*    But  —

Crimes  incompatible  with  Consent.  —  There  are  crimes  which,
from  their,  special  nature,  cannot  exist  where  there  is  consent.
