The inciter must intend the others to engage in the behaviour constituting the offence, including any consequences which may result, and must know or believe (or possibly suspect) that those others will have the relevant "mens rea". In "R v Curr", the defendant allegedly incited women to commit offences under the Family Allowances Act 1945 but, because the prosecution did not prove that the women had the "mens rea" to constitute the offence, the conviction was quashed. Fenton Atkinson J explained that: