 | William Henry Seward - 1846 - 64 páginas
...advance of true knowledge." "An insane person is one who at the time of committing the act labored under such a defect of reason as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or if he did know it, did not know he was doing what was wrong ; and... | |
 | William Freeman, Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1848 - 510 páginas
...advance of true knowledge." " An insane person is one who, at the time of committing the act, labored under such a defect of reason as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or if he did know it, did not know he was doing what was wrong; and... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1853 - 658 páginas
...advance of tme knowledge." An insane person is one who, at the time of committing the act, labored under such a defect of reason as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or if he did know it, did not know he was doing what was wrong; and... | |
 | Joshua Burgess - 1858 - 308 páginas
...on the ground of insanity, you must be satisfied that at the time the act was committed the prisoner was labouring under such a defect of reason as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was committing.' This definition answered the purpose of convicting Corrigan... | |
 | William Robert TAYLOR (of Manchester.) - 1862 - 62 páginas
...conscious of the quality and nature of the act ? Was the prisoner, at the time he murdered Mr. Mellor, labouring under such a defect of reason as not to know the nature or quality of his act; and if he did know its nature, did he know that he was doing wrong? He knew... | |
 | 1877 - 540 páginas
...expressions contained iu the opinions of the judges : " If from disease of mind he (the criminal) laboured under such a defect of reason as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong,"... | |
 | John Charles Bucknill, Daniel Hack Tuke - 1879 - 876 páginas
...reference to that he was bound to tell the jury that every person is assumed, unless the contrary is proved, to be responsible for his acts. To acquit...he did not know he was doing what was wrong. That wag the law by which they were bound - — law made equally for the protection of society as for the... | |
 | sir John Charles Bucknill - 1879 - 900 páginas
...toll the jury that every person is assumed, unless the contrary is proved, to be responsible for bis acts. To acquit on the ground of Insanity, it must...not to know the nature and character of the act he wag doing, and that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. That was the law by which they were... | |
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals - 1879 - 946 páginas
...on the plea of insanity the jury must be satittfied from the evidence that the accused was laboring under such a defect of reason as not to know the nature and quality of murder, or if he did know it, that he did not know to commit murder was •wronp. That the... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - 1883 - 840 páginas
...Verdict. Insanity. We find the prisoner not guilty, and acquit him upon the ground that he was laboring under such a defect of reason as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing [or not to know that the act was wrong]. Xo. 124. i486. Settling Exception*.... | |
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An insane person is one who, at the time of committing the act, labored under such a defect of reason as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or if he did know it, did not know he was doing what was wrong... 
