 | Sir Matthew Hale - 1847 - 774 Seiten
...mental power sufficient to apply that knowledge to his own case, and to know that if he does the act ho will do wrong and receive punishment, such partial...acts. If, then, it is proved to the satisfaction of the jpry, that the mind of the accused was in a diseased and unsound state, the question will be, whether... | |
 | Francis Wharton - 1860 - 1072 Seiten
...others, and a violation of the dictates of duty. On the contrary, although he may be laboring under a partial insanity, if he still understands the nature...exempt him from responsibility for criminal acts." Now we come to those asked on the part of the defence, the first of which is in these words : — "... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), William Henry Clifford - 1869 - 714 Seiten
...character of his act and its consequences, if he has a knowledge that it is wrong and criminal, and mental power sufficient to apply that knowledge to...exempt him from responsibility for criminal acts. Many other cases of like import might be added to the list of citations, but we think it unnecessary,... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1870 - 616 Seiten
...act, and its consequences; if he has a knowledge that it is wrong and criminal, and a mental poycr sufficient to apply that knowledge to his own case,...is not sufficient to exempt him from responsibility from criminal acts." As we understand this charge, it does not go to the length of fixing the test... | |
 | 1870 - 546 Seiten
...criminal, and a mental power sufficient to apply that knowledge to his own case, and to know that if ho does the act he will do wrong and receive punishment, such partial insanity is not suificient to exempt him from responsibility for criminal acts. If, then, it is proved to the satisfaction... | |
 | Francis Wharton, Moreton Stillé - 1882 - 832 Seiten
...others, and a violation of the dictates of duty. On the contrary, although he may be laboring under a partial insanity, if he still understands the nature,...exempt him from responsibility for criminal acts." Now we come to those asked on the part of the defence, the first of which is in these words : — "... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - 1884 - 1012 Seiten
...wrong and criminal, and a mental power sufficient to apply that knowledge to his own case, and to know, if he does the act, he will do wrong and receive punishment, such partial insanity is not supposed to exempt him from responsibility for criminal acts. If it be proved to the satisfaction of... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1885 - 688 Seiten
...act he is doing is contrary to the plain dictates of justice and right, injurious to others and in violation of the dictates of duty. On the contrary,...exempt him from responsibility for criminal acts. He is then not insane. The true test is this : Has the defendant in a criminal case the power, at the... | |
 | 1917 - 914 Seiten
...plain dictates of justice and right, injurious to others, and a violation of the dictates of duty. 3. "On the contrary, although he may be laboring under...exempt him from responsibility for criminal acts. 4. "If then it is proved, to the satisfaction of the jury, that the mind of the accused was in a diseased... | |
 | George Washington Field - 1887 - 312 Seiten
...he may be laboring under partial insanity, if he still understands the nature and character of the act and its consequences, if he has a knowledge that...to exempt him from responsibility for criminal acts : " See also Quain's Die. Med. (Am. ed.), topic, Legal Insanity, p. 726 et seq. § 54. Impulsive mania,... | |
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On the contrary, although he may be laboring under partial insanity, if he still understands the nature and character of his act, and its consequences; if he has a knowledge that it is wrong and criminal, and a mental power sufficient to apply that knowledge... 
