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" ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality... "
The Honours Examination Digest: Comprising All the Questions in Convenancing ... - Page 356
by John Frederick Haynes, Thomas A. Nelham - 1883 - 409 pages
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The Annual Register

Edmund Burke - History - 1864 - 776 pages
...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. After proving the facts already stated, Mr. Boden called Ann Burley, who said, — I keep the Bull's...
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The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports of Cases in the ...

Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 962 pages
...differ from the other Judges), says — "It must be proved that at the time of committing the act, the party accused was labouring 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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American Law Magazine, Volume 3

Law - 1844 - 506 pages
...to render a parly irresponsible, " it must be clearly proved that at the time of committing the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason from disease of mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or if he did know it,...
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The Jurist, Volume 7, Part 2

Law - 1844 - 500 pages
...defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that, at the time of committing the act, the party accused was labouring 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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Reports of Cases Argued and Ruled at Nisi Prius: In the Courts of Queen's ...

Frederick Augustus Carrington, Great Britain. Courts, Andrew Valentine Kirwan - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 824 pages
...insanity, it must be clearly proved, that, at the time of the coin- HIGCINSON. mitting of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect...that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. The mode of putting the latter part of the question to the jury on these occasions has generally been,...
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The London and Edinburgh Monthly Journal of Medical Science, Volume 5

1845 - 986 pages
...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." It is not sufficient that the pannel's evidence should mite doubts as to his sanity. He must establish...
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Scott's New Reports in the Court of Common Pleas and Exchequer Chamber [1840 ...

Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 1114 pages
...the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring 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 not...
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Archbold's Summary of the Law Relating to Pleading and Evidence in Criminal ...

John Frederick Archbold - Criminal procedure - 1846 - 914 pages
...on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect...that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. The mode of putting the latter part of the question to the jury on these occasions has generally been,...
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Historia Placitorum Coronae: The History of the Pleas of the Crown, Volume 1

Sir Matthew Hale - Criminal law - 1847 - 774 pages
...defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that at the time of commuting the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason from disease or 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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Historia Placitorum Coronae: The History of the Pleas of the Crown, Volume 1

Sir Matthew Hale - Pleas of the crown - 1847 - 784 pages
...defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that at the time of committing the act, ion and answer, a disease ot 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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