 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 962 pages
...in any way differ from the other Judges), says — "It must be proved that at the time of committing the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know... | |
 | Law - 1844 - 500 pages
...establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that, at the time of committing the act, the party accused was labouring under such...know it, that he did not know lie was doing what was wrong. The mode of putting the latter part of the question to the jury on these occasions has generally... | |
 | Law - 1844 - 506 pages
...lords, that to render a parly irresponsible, " it must be clearly proved that at the time of committing the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason from disease of mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or if he did know it,... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Carrington, Great Britain. Courts, Andrew Valentine Kirwan - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 856 pages
...have to submit our opinion to be, that the jury ought to be told in all cases that every man is to be presumed to be sane, and to possess a sufficient degree...was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 1114 pages
...we have to submit our opinion to be, that the jury ought to be told in all cases that every man is presumed to be sane, and to possess a sufficient degree...was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did not... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Carrington, Great Britain. Courts, Andrew Valentine Kirwan - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 824 pages
...RF.GINA. ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that, at the time of the coin- HIGCINSON. mitting of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - Criminal procedure - 1846 - 914 pages
...land." To the 2nd and 3rd questions: — " That the jury ought to be told in all cases that every man is presumed to be sane, and to possess a sufficient degree...was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know... | |
 | Sir Matthew Hale - Criminal law - 1847 - 774 pages
...establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that at the time of commuting the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason from disease or the mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or if he did know... | |
 | Sir Matthew Hale - Pleas of the crown - 1847 - 784 pages
...establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that at the time of committing dcr in disease ot the mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or if he did know... | |
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... at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, 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... 
