... section 211(2) of the Maltese Criminal Code, is to a certain extent even more complete than the above statement as it incorporates also an illustration of the mental element. Under this section, A person shall be guilty of wilful homicide if, maliciously with intent to kill another person or to put the life of such other person in manifest jeopardy, he causes the death of such other person. The position at English law is quite similar to that under Maltese law. There are nonetheless a number of differences, which are quite significant. The classic definition of murder at English law is that provided by Coke: Murder is when a man of sound memory, and of the age of discretion, unlawfully killeth within a county of the realm any reasonable creature in rerum natura under the king's peace, with malice aforethought, either expressed by the party or implied by law, so as the ...

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