I can think of is this; such a person as labouring under melancholy distempers hath yet ordinarily as great understanding, as ordinarily a child of fourteen years hath, is such a person as may be guilty of treason or felony. Principles of Forensic Medicine - Page 206by William Augustus Guy, David Ferrier - 1875 - 703 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Moore - 1790 - 472 pages
....following rule. " That a perfoir, who, labouring under melancholy dif*'. tempers, has yet ordinarily as great understanding as ordinarily a child of " fourteen years hath, is fuch a perfon as may be guilty of treafon or felony:" — becaufe a child of that age would be punifhable... | |
| Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell - 1818 - 748 pages
...lean think of is this: such a person as, labouring under melancholy distempers bath yet, ordinarily, as great understanding, as ordinarily a child of fourteen years hath, is such a person as may be guilty of treason or felony." In another passage, this author proceeds to state : " Now, touching... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 582 pages
...And Lord Hale says : " Such a person as, laboring under melancholy distempers, hath yet ordinarily as great understanding as ordinarily a child of fourteen years hath, is such a person as may be guilty of treason or felony." More recently the power to distinguish right from wrong has been... | |
| William Oldnall Russell - 1824 - 594 pages
...can think of is this : such a person as labouring under melancholy distempers, hath yet ordinarily as great understanding as ordinarily a child of fourteen years hath, is , such a person as may be guilty of treason or felony (o).M Cases. ^ ^1' De proper to mention some of the cases which... | |
| Thomas Starkie - 1826 - 708 pages
...criterion he could think of for distinguishing between total and partial insanity, was this : " If a person labouring under melancholy distempers hath yet as...understanding as ordinarily a child of fourteen years hath, such a person may be guilty of treason or felony." Hale's PC 30. In Arnold's case, the prisoner was... | |
| William Oldnall Russell - 1826 - 788 pages
...can think of is this : such a person as, labouring under " melancholy distempers, hath yet ordinarily as great understanding " as ordinarily a child of fourteen years hath, is such a person as " may be guilty of treason or felony." (p) It will be proper to mention some of the cases which have... | |
| 1836 - 522 pages
...than Lord Hale, viz. ' Such a person as, laboring under melancholy distempers, hath yet ordinarily as great understanding as ordinarily a child of fourteen years hath, is such a person as may be guilty of treason or felony.' l This preposterous test is based upon the belief, that the difference... | |
| John Frederick Archbold - 1831 - 624 pages
...the best measure, that such a person as, labouring under melancholy distempers, hath yet ordinarily as great understanding as ordinarily a child of fourteen...hath, is such a person as can be guilty of treason and felony. 1 Hale, 30, 412. Upon this subject many cases have been decided, from which it is difficult... | |
| William Leman Rede, Leman Thomas Rede - 1831 - 756 pages
...offences. Lord Hale's rule was, " That one who labouring under melancholy distempers, had yet as great an understanding as ordinarily a child of fourteen years hath, is such a person as may be guilty of treason or felony." Many cases of importance have occurred, in which the defence of... | |
| Leonard Shelford - 1833 - 964 pages
...best measure is this — such a person as labouring under melancholy distempers hath yet ordinarily as great understanding, as ordinarily a child of fourteen years hath, is such a person as may be guilty of treason or felony (g)." The law recognises partial insanity; and, in civil cases,... | |
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