 | William Henry Seward - 1846 - 64 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Caleb Williams - 1856 - 152 σελίδες
...insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time the offence was committed, the accused was labouring under such a defect of reason as not to know the nature and character of the act he was doing, and that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. That was the... | |
 | Joshua Burgess - 1858 - 308 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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,"... | |
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals - 1879 - 946 σελίδες
...the deceased 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... | |
 | John Charles Bucknill, Daniel Hack Tuke - 1879 - 876 σελίδες
...Insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time the offence was committed, the accused was labouring under such a defect of reason as not to know the nature and character of the act he was doing, and that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. That wag the... | |
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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... 
