 | Francis Wharton - 1875 - 854 pagina’s
...but I will just give an illustration of each of these sub-sections. Sub-section (a) is as follows : ' Homicide is not criminal if the person by whom it...commits it, prevented by any disease affecting his mind (a) from knowing the nature of the act done by him.' A. is, by a disease affecting his mind, led to... | |
 | 1875 - 558 pagina’s
...proposed to deal with the subject of insanity. In Part II, § 24, it is proposed to be enacted that — " Homicide is not criminal if the person by whom it...commits it, prevented by any disease affecting his mind — " (a) from knowing the nature of the act done by him ; " (i) from knowing that it is forbidden... | |
 | John Hutton Balfour Browne - 1880 - 722 pagina’s
...24th section i.1 as follows: "Homicide is not criminal if the person by whom it is committjd is at tun time when he commits it prevented, by any disease affecting his mind, " (a) From knowing the nature of the uct done by him; " (6) From knowing that it is forbidden by law,... | |
 | Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania - 1882 - 498 pagina’s
...on the part of the subject with which we are at present concerned, it suggested for enactment that " homicide is not criminal if the person by whom it...commits it prevented by any disease affecting his mind (a) From knowing the nature of the act done by him. (6) From knowing that it is forbidden by law, (c)... | |
 | Richard Quain - 1882 - 1036 pagina’s
...of the bill which deals with the relations of disease and responsibility, homicide is stated to be ' not criminal if the person by whom it is committed is at the time when he commits it prevented by «ny disease affecting his mind — (a) from knowing the nature of the act done by him, (ft) from knowing... | |
 | Edward Cox Mann - 1883 - 760 pagina’s
...follows, viz. : Homicide is not criminal, if the person by ivlwm it is committed is, at the time rvhcn he commits it, prevented by any disease affecting his mind from controlling his mvn conduct. This is very simple and very comprehensive, and therefore the legal profession may very... | |
 | Charles Hamilton Hughes - 1888 - 758 pagina’s
...know that the act is wrong. Homicide or assault, with intent to kill, is not criminal, in our opinion, if the person by whom it is committed is, at the time...affecting his mind, from controlling his own conduct. If any person, at the time of committing an overt act, is suffering from incapa- " citating weakness... | |
 | Edward Cox Mann - 1893 - 458 pagina’s
...insanity. In Conclusion. Homicide, or assault with intent to kill, is not criminal, in our opinion, if the person by whom it is committed is, at the time...by any disease affecting his mind from controlling Ms own conduct, or, as Bucknill prefers 1o put it, if Lucille Yseult Dudley, at the time of the shooting,... | |
 | Charles Macfie Campbell - 1925 - 456 pagina’s
...paper. It is pretty well covered, as regards homicide, by Sir James Fitz James Stephen's dictum, the " homicide is not criminal if the person by whom it...committed is at the time when he commits it prevented by a disease affecting his mind (a) From knowing the nature of the act done by him, (b) From knowing that... | |
 | 1886 - 518 pagina’s
...Judges will have the boldness to say to the jury that no act is a crime if the person who does it is prevented, by any disease affecting his mind, from controlling his own conduct, and when they will define insanity themselves to the jury as incapacitating weakness or derangement... | |
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Homicide is not criminal if the person by whom it is committed is at the time when he commits it prevented by any disease affecting his mind (a). From knowing the nature of the act done by him ; (b) . From knowing that it is forbidden by law ; (c). From... 
