 | Science - 1874 - 806 pages
...confused, and the substance of them may be correctly given in fewer words. " To establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved...accused was laboring 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... | |
 | California - Criminal law - 1874 - 712 pages
...House of Lords to the Judges, cited in Roscoe's Cr. Ev., p. 933, he says: "That to establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved...accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature or quality of the act; or if he did know it, that he... | |
 | Law - 1874 - 450 pages
...insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the timo of committing the act (the subject of the indictment), the party accused was laboring 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, and if he did know... | |
 | Law - 1874 - 440 pages
...insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the timo of committing the act (the subject of the indictment), the party accused was laboring 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, and if he did know... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Homicide - 1875 - 854 pages
...of reason to be responsible for his crimes, until the contrary be proved to their satisfaction ; and that to establish a defence on the ground of insanity,...accused was laboring 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... | |
 | Illinois State Medical Society - Medicine - 1875 - 302 pages
...questions to the judges, of which the following is the summary of their answers: "To establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved...accused was laboring 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 reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 664 pages
...must be clearly proven that, at the time of committing the act which is the subject of the indictment, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason from a disease of the mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, and if he did... | |
 | Law - 1877 - 1004 pages
...defence of insanity in criminal trials. One of the most important answers to the questions asked was that, "to establish a defence on the ground of insanity,...accused was laboring 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... | |
 | Minnesota State Medical Society - 1877 - 742 pages
...following as the rule: "To establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proven that at the time of committing the act, the party...accused was laboring 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... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 840 pages
...for his crimes, until the contrary be proved to their satisfaction ; and that, to establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved...accused was laboring 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... | |
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... to establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that, at the time of committing the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of... 
