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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 Criminal Law of India - Page 410
by John Dawson Mayne - 1904 - 1119 pages
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The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports of Cases in the ...

1873 - 962 pages
...in any way 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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The Jurist, Volume 7, Part 2

1844 - 500 pages
...establish a 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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American Law Magazine, Volume 3

1844 - 506 pages
...lords, that 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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Scott's New Reports in the Court of Common Pleas and Exchequer Chamber [1840 ...

Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - 1845 - 1114 pages
...questions appear to us to be more conveniently answered together, we have to submit our opinion to be, that the jury ought to be told in all cases that every...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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Historia Placitorum Coronae: The History of the Pleas of the Crown, Volume 1

Sir Matthew Hale - 1847 - 774 pages
...establish a 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 - 1847 - 784 pages
...establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that at the time of committing dcr in 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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Outlines of Lectures on the Nature, Causes, and Treatment of Insanity

Sir Alexander Morison - 1848 - 600 pages
...ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that the accused party, at the time of committing the act, was labouring under such a defect of reason from disease...or if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing wrong. So that the question for the jury is this simple one, — had the individual accused a...
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Medical Times, Volume 21

1850 - 512 pages
...to the evidence necessary to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, and that they held that it must be clearly proved that " at the time of the...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:" in other words,...
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Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the ..., Volume 4

Edward William Cox - 1851 - 552 pages
...time when the act was committed ? " To these two questions the judges returned the following answer: "That the jury ought to be told in all cases, that...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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A Selection of Legal Maxims: Classified and Illustrated

Herbert Broom - 1852 - 616 pages
...until the contrary has been satisfactorily proved ; and in order to establish a defence on the gronnd of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the...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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