That before a plea of insanity should be allowed, undoubted evidence ought to be adduced that the accused was of diseased mind, and that at the time he committed the act he was not conscious of right or wrong. Principles of Forensic Medicine - Page 209by William Augustus Guy, David Ferrier - 1875 - 703 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - 1844 - 978 pages
...contrary. That before a plea of insanity should be allowed, undoubted evidence ought to be adduced thut the accused was of diseased mind, and that at the...he committed the act he was not conscious of right or wrong. This opinion related to every case in which a party was charged with an illegal act, and... | |
| JOHN FORBES M.D. - 1843 - 594 pages
...evidence. That before a plea of insanity should be allowed, undoubted evidence ought to be adJuced that the accused was of diseased mind, and that at the time he committed lie act he was not conscious of right or wrong. This opinion related to every case in which a party... | |
| JOHN FORBES M.D. - 1843 - 594 pages
...evidence. That before a plea of insanity should be allowed, undoubted evidence ought to be adJuced that the accused was of diseased mind, and that at the time he committed lie act he was not conscious of right or wrong. This opinion related to every case in which a party... | |
| 1844 - 456 pages
...clearly proved in evidence. That before a plea of insanity should be allowed, undoubted evidence ought to be adduced that the accused was of diseased mind,...he committed the act he was not conscious of right or wrong. This opinion related to every case in which a party was charged with an illegal act, and... | |
| 1844 - 974 pages
...evidence to the contrary. That before a plea of insanity should be allowed, undoubted evidence ought to be adduced that the accused was of diseased mind,...he committed the act he was not conscious of right or wrong. This opinion related to every case in which a party was charged with an illegal act, and... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1844 - 1496 pages
...evidence to the contrary. That before a plea of insanity should be allowed, undoubted evidence ought to be adduced that the accused was of diseased mind,...he committed the act he was not conscious of right or wrong. This opinion related to every case in which a party was charged with an illegal act, and... | |
| 1844 - 444 pages
...clearly proved in evidence. THat before a plea of insanity should be allowed, undoubted evidence ought to be adduced that the accused was of diseased mind,...he committed the act he was not conscious of right or wrong. This opinion related to every case in which a party was charged with an illegal act, and... | |
| Sir John Forbes, Alexander Tweedie, John Conolly - 1845 - 788 pages
...and unlawful. " Before a plea of insanity should be allowed," they say, " undoubted evidence ought to be adduced that the accused was of diseased mind,...committed the act he was not conscious of right and wrong ;" and they add, " Every person was supposed to know what the law was, and therefore nothing could... | |
| William Freeman, Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1848 - 510 pages
...clearly proved in evidence; that before the plea of insanity should be allowed, undoubted evidence ought to be adduced, that the accused was of diseased mind,...the act, he was not conscious of right and wrong. This opinion related to every case in which a party was charged with an illegal act and the plea of... | |
| 1852 - 746 pages
...hefore a plea of insanity should he allowed, undouhted evidence onght to he adduced that the aecused was of diseased mind, and that at the time he committed the act he was not conseious of right and wrong." Such is the view which the law takes regarding the plea of insanity,... | |
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