| Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 962 pages
...own, but it did not 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... | |
| Law - 1844 - 506 pages
...by the house of 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,... | |
| Law - 1844 - 500 pages
...and that, to 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... | |
| Frederick Augustus Carrington, Great Britain. Courts, Andrew Valentine Kirwan - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 824 pages
...ground of 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 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... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 1114 pages
...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 of the act he was doing, or, if he did not... | |
| John Frederick Archbold - Criminal procedure - 1846 - 914 pages
...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 of the act he was doing, or, if he did know... | |
| Sir Matthew Hale - Pleas of the crown - 1847 - 784 pages
...satisfaction; and that to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that at the emed guilty of mar. 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... | |
| Sir Matthew Hale - Criminal law - 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... | |
| University magazine - 1850 - 794 pages
...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 of the act he was doing; or, if he did know... | |
| 1850 - 508 pages
...insanity, and that they held that 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:" in other words,... | |
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