| Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 706 pages
...until the contrary is shown by sufficient evidence, and the law presumes further that a man possesses a sufficient degree of reason to be responsible for his crimes until the contrary is shown. Such proof in support of insanity must be affirmatively established by positive or circumstantial... | |
| Francis Wharton - Criminal law - 1874 - 834 pages
...the House of Lords in June, 1843. " The jury," they said, " ought to be told in all cases that every man is presumed to be sane, and to possess a sufficient...satisfaction ; and that to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time of committing the act the party accused... | |
| India - Criminal law - 1874 - 656 pages
...the 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...satisfaction ; and that, to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party... | |
| New York (State). Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 732 pages
...the subject of insanity. Among other statements, the judge had used this language to the jury: "Every man is presumed to be sane, and to possess a sufficient degree of reason to be responsible for his acts. When the question of insanity is presented upon the evidence, the prisoner is entitled to tho... | |
| Fendall Currie - Criminal procedure - 1874 - 360 pages
...inasmuch as there can be no consent of the will, so the act cannot be culpable. Every man, however, is presumed to be sane, and to possess a sufficient degree of reason to be responsible for his actions, until the contrary has been satisfactorily proved ; and in order to establish a defence on... | |
| Francis Wharton - Homicide - 1875 - 854 pages
...the house of lords, in June, 1843. " The jury," they said, " ought to be told in all cases that every man is presumed to be sane, and to possess a sufficient...satisfaction ; and that to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time of committing the act the party accused... | |
| Law - 1875 - 462 pages
...the principal one was this: "The jury ought to be told In all cases that every man ts to be presumed sane and to possess a sufficient degree of reason...the contrary be proved to their satisfaction ; and thut to establish ;i defense on the ground of insanity it must be clearly proved that at the time of... | |
| Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - Law - 1875 - 858 pages
...returned was — "The jury ought to be told in all cas>es that every man is to be presumed to be sane (t), a carrier of passengers for hire, and there be ho privity between the defendan (r) Maule, J., dût. (t) Vide per Rolfe, В., 3 Саг. & К. 188. (») 10 Cl. & F. 200. Mere " moral... | |
| India - Criminal law - 1877 - 1088 pages
...down in Reg. v. M'Naughten, 10 Cl. and Fin. 200. " The jury ought to be told in all cases that every man is presumed to be sane, and to possess a sufficient...satisfaction ; and that, to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party... | |
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