 | Law - 1844 - 500 pages
...lie labours under such partial delusion only, and is not in other respects insane, we think he must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility,...were real. For example, if, under the influence of delusion, lie supposes another man to be in the act of attempting to lake away his life, and he kills... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Carrington, Great Britain. Courts, Andrew Valentine Kirwan - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 824 pages
...he labours under such partial delusion only, and is not in other respects insane, we think he must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility...in the act of attempting to take away his life, and he kills that man, as he supposes, in self-defence, he would be exempt from punishment. If his delusion... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 1114 pages
...he labours under such partial delusion only, and is not in other respects insane, we think he must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility...supposes another man to be in the act of attempting to 1844. take away his life, and he kills that man, as he supposes, I^^E in self-defence, he would be... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - Criminal procedure - 1846 - 914 pages
...he labours under such partial delusion only, and is not in other respects insane, we think he must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility...man to be in the act of attempting to take away his lifo, and he kills that -man, as he supposes, in self-defence, he would be exempt from punishment.... | |
 | Sir Matthew Hale - Pleas of the crown - 1847 - 784 pages
...he labours under such a partial delusion only, and is not in other respects insane, we think he must O 1 Vk d" N J 0 K y e N c ii0 `)0 % Ժ 9F6 ... M 2pL { 5 1A ^ N g r~ F4M3 `i 3 6su 4 I# E L \. FQ , F ff v delusion, he supposes another man to be in the act of attempting to take away his life, and he kills... | |
 | Sir Matthew Hale - Criminal law - 1847 - 774 pages
...he labours under such a partial delusion only, and is not in other respects insane, we think he must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility,...as if the facts with respect to which the delusion czisU were real. For example, if under the influence of delusion, he supposes another mnn to be in... | |
 | William Freeman, Benjamin Franklin Hall - Insanity (Law) - 1848 - 510 pages
...he labors under such partial delusion, only, and is not in other respects insane, we think he must be considered in the same situation, as to responsibility,...in the act of attempting to take away his life, and he kills that man, as he supposes in self-defence, he would be exempt from punishment If his delusion... | |
 | Scotland - 1850 - 866 pages
...labours under such partial delusion only, and is not in other respects insane — we think he must be considered in the same situation, as to responsibility,...in the act of attempting to take away his life, and he kills that man, as he supposes, in self-defence, he would be exempt from punishment. If his delusion... | |
 | Edward Hazen Parker - Medicine - 1851 - 694 pages
...he labors under such partial delusion only, and is not in other respects insane — we think he must be considered in the same situation, as to responsibility,...in the act of attempting to take away his life, and he kills that man, as he supposes, in self-defence, he would be exempt from punishment. If his delusion... | |
 | William Hickman - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1851 - 364 pages
...he labours under such partial delusion only, and is not in other respects insane, we think he must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility,...in the act of attempting to take away his life and he kills that man, as he supposes, in self-defence, he would be exempt from punishment. If his delusion... | |
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... must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility as if the facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real. 
