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" ... must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility as if the facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real. "
Overland Monthly - Page 167
1883
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Crime and Criminal Justice in Europe and Canada

John Hamilton Baker, Calgary Institute for the Humanities - 1981 - 350 pages
...namely, that he labours under such partial delusion only, and is not in other respects insane, we think he must be considered in the same situation as to...were real. For example, if under the influence of his delusion he supposes another man to be in the act of attempting to take away his life, and he kills...
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The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 49

1891 - 1286 pages
...that, if the person labors under a partial delusion only, and in not in other respects insane, we think he must be considered in the same situation, as to...with respect to which the delusion exists were real. If, under the influence of his delusion, he supposes another man to be in t lie act of attempting to...
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The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 45

1898 - 1242 pages
...namely, that he labors under such partial delusion only, and is not In other respects Insane, we think he must be considered In the same situation as to responsibility as 1Í the facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real. For example, if, under the influence...
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Liability and Responsibility: Essays in Law and Morals

R. G. Frey, Christopher W. Morris - 1991 - 450 pages
...critics of the rules, that if the accused labours under [a] partial delusion only, and is not in all respects insane ... he must be considered in the same...with respect to which the delusion exists were real. Now the first limb of the McNaghten defence - that the accused did not know the nature and quality...
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Psychiatry and Criminal Culpability

Ralph Slovenko - 1995 - 454 pages
...M'Naghten rule, which stipulates, with reference to what it calls "partial delusions," that the lawbreaker "must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility as if the act in respect to which the delusion exists were real." The M'Naghten rule, conceived in the rationalism...
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The Jury and the Defense of Insanity

Rita James Simon - 288 pages
...namely, that he labours under such partial delusion only, and is not in other respects insane, we think he must be considered in the same situation as to...were real. For example, if under the influence of his delusion he supposes another man to be in the act of attempting to take away his life, and he kills...
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Commonsense Justice: Jurors’ Notions of the Law

Norman J. Finkel - 2001 - 404 pages
...delusions only and is not in other respects insane, and commits an offense in consequence thereof, he must be considered in the same situation as to...facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real.25 The rules were amplified by commentary. For example, it was noted that knowledge of right and...
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MCQs for the New MRCPsych Part II

Michael Reilly, Bangaru Raju - 2002 - 156 pages
...of female offenders. 3.164 An accused who has committed a crime under a partial delusion is judged as if the facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real. 3.165 For learning disabled people mainstr-earning is not superior over separate special education...
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Federal Probation...

1953 - 68 pages
...partial delusions only and is not in other respects insane and commits an offense in consequence thereof he must be considered in the same situation as to...facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real.1 The M'Naghten rules are still in force not only in England, but in this country as well. In...
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Federal Probation, Volumes 7-8

1943 - 442 pages
...he (who) labours under such partial delusion only, and is not in other respects insane. . . fflust be considered in the same situation as to responsibility...with respect to which the delusion exists were real. (4) Where the facts are admitted . . . and the question becomes substantially one of science alone,...
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