 A person is not excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic, or insane person, except upon proof that, at the time of committing the alleged criminal act, he was laboring under such a defect of reason as: 1. Not to know the nature and...  Annual Report - Page 318by New York (State). Board of Charities - 1910Full view - About this book
 | 1915 - 1352 pages
...criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic, or insane person, except upon proof that, at the time of committing the alleged criminal act, he was...act was wrong. The law presumes sanity in all cases. Tiew York County Court, Oyer and Terminer, December, 1881, People v. Coleman, 1 NY Cr. 5. The burden... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1882 - 806 pages
...criminal liability as an idiot. imbecile, lunatic, or insane person, except upon proof that, at the time of committing the alleged criminal act, he was laboring under such a defect of reason as either, 1. Not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or 2. Not to know that the act... | |
 | Nervous system - 1883 - 790 pages
...criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic or insane person, except upon proof that, at the time of committing the alleged criminal act, he was laboring under such a defect of reason as either 1. Not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing ; or 2. Not to know that the act... | |
 | Medicine - 1896 - 546 pages
...criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic or insane person, except upon proof that, at the time of committing the alleged criminal act, he was laboring under such a defect of reason as either not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or that the act was wrong. Our courts... | |
 | Thomas Smith Clouston - Insanity (Law) - 1884 - 608 pages
...is not excused from criminal liability, as a lunatic or insane person, except upon proof that at the time of committing the alleged criminal act he was laboring under such a defect of reason as either not to know the nature and quality of the act he wsis doing, or not to knoģ that the act was... | |
 | Charles Follen Folsom - Insane - 1884 - 156 pages
...is not excused from criminal liability, as a lunatic or insane person, except upon proof that at the time of committing the alleged criminal act he was laboring under such a defect of reason as either not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or not to know that the act was... | |
 | Thomas Smith Clouston - Insanity (Law) - 1884 - 606 pages
...is not excused from criminal liability, as a lunatic or insane person, except upon proof that at the time of committing the alleged criminal act he was laboring under such a defect of reason as either not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or not to know that the act was... | |
 | Criminal law - 1910 - 688 pages
...criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic, or insane person, except upon proof that, at the time of committing the alleged criminal act, he was laboring under such a defect of reason as either, "1. Not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing ; or "2. Not to know that the... | |
 | 1884 - 1144 pages
...was laboring under such a BrtUHr. defect of reason, as either (1) Not to know the nature or quality of the act he was doing, or (2) Not to know that the act was wrong. 195. If any person in confinement under indictment for the crime of arson, murder, or attempt at murder,... | |
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