... offences but in the eyes of the law are classed as quasi criminal. The punishments for strict liability offences are often fines with no custodial sentence, strict liability offences are not seen to be "truly criminal" and therefore there is no "social stigma". Strict Liability can seen in the case of Callow v Tillstone (1900), the defendant was a butcher, he asked a local vet to examine a carcass to see it was fit for human consumption, the vet said it was fit for human consumption, but neglected to examine the carcass thoroughly, the butcher took the vets word and sold the meat to the public, the meat was found to be unfit for human consumption, the defendant was convicted of selling meat which was unfit for human consumption despite the fact that it was in fact the vet that was negligent. The butcher still sold the meat, which was the ...

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