There was a third species of insanity, in which the patient fancied the existence of injury, and sought an opportunity of gratifying revenge by some hostile act. If such a person was capable, in other respects, of distinguishing right from wrong, there... The Plea of Insanity in Criminal Cases - Pagina 5door Forbes Winslow - 2005 - 111 pagina’sGedeeltelijke weergave - Over dit boek
| 1815 - 656 pagina’s
...gratifying revenge by some hostile act. If such a person was capable, in other respects, of distinguish, ing right from wrong, there was no excuse for any act...defence, had given a very singular account, in order to shew that, at the time of the commission of the crime, the prisoner was insane. What might ha«« been... | |
| William Oldnall Russell - 1824 - 594 pagina’s
...such a person be capable in other respects of distinguishing right from [* 17] wrong, *there would be no excuse for any act of atrocity which he might commit under this description of derangement (и). Had6eld's James Hadfield was tried in Westminster Hall, in the year 1800, before a special commission,... | |
| Theodric Romeyn Beck - 1825 - 696 pagina’s
...injury, and sought an opportunity of gratifying revenge by some hostile act. If such a person were capable, in other respects, of distinguishing right...might commit under this description of derangement." t By these principles, the criminal jurisprudence of England and this country has been guided, and... | |
| William Oldnall Russell - 1826 - 788 pagina’s
...act, if such a person be capable in other respects of distinguishing right from wrong, there would be no excuse for any act of atrocity which he might commit under this description of derangement, (и) James Hadfield was tried in the Court of King's Bench, in the year 1800, on an indictment for... | |
| Leonard Shelford - 1833 - 964 pagina’s
...act, if such person be capable in other respects of distinguishing right from wrong, there would be no excuse for any act of atrocity which he might commit under this description of derangement (e). The prisoner was found guilty, and executed. James Hadfield was tried in the Court of King's Bench,... | |
| Frederick Augustus Carrington, Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Joseph Payne - 1833 - 668 pagina’s
...act, if such a person be capable in other respects of distinguishing right from wrong, there would be no excuse for any act of atrocity which he might commit under this description of derangement." HOME WINTER CIRCUIT. 1831. 1831. Dec. 8th. An indictment for manslaughter charged, that A. gave to... | |
| I. RAY, M.D. - 1838
...and seeks an opportunity of gratifying revenge by some hostile act, he says, " if such a person were capable, in other respects, of distinguishing right...might commit under this description of derangement." ~ Mr. Russell, in his work on criminal law, includes inability to distinguish right from wrong 1 1... | |
| Isaac Ray - 1839 - 474 pagina’s
...and seeks an opportunity of gratifying revenge by some hostile act, he says, " if such a person were capable, in other respects, of distinguishing right from wrong, there was no excuse for any act of atro* 1 Collinson on Lunacy, 657. city, which he might commit under this description of derangement."*... | |
| Richard Clarke Sewell - 1843 - 406 pagina’s
...injury, and sought an opportu' nity of gratifying revenge by some hostile act. If ' such a person were capable, in other respects, of ' distinguishing right...which he might ' commit under this description of derangement."(o) In Oxford's case for shooting at the Queen, the Direction to question left to the... | |
| Daniel MACNAUGHTON - 1843 - 96 pagina’s
...injury, and sought an opportunity of gratifying revenge by some hostile act. If such a person were capable in other respects of distinguishing right...for any act of atrocity which he might commit under the description of insanity." Now, from the last observation of the learned judge who tried that cause,... | |
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