 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...  Field's Medico-legal guide for doctors and lawyers - Page 111by George Washington Field - 1887 - 291 pagesFull view - About this book
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...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...exempt him from responsibility for criminal acts. " If, then, it is proved, to the satisfaction of the jury, that the mind of the accused was in a diseased... | |
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 | Sir Matthew Hale - Criminal law - 1847 - 774 pages
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 | Law - 1855 - 736 pages
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 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1854 - 566 pages
...Res of duty. may be laboring under partial insanity, e nature and character of his act, and its con| knowledge that it is wrong and criminal, and a mental...exempt him from responsibility for criminal acts. " If, then, it is proved, to the satisfaction of the jury, that the mind of the accused was in a diseased... | |
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...partial insanity, if he ttill understands the nature and character of h!s act and its const-qut-nces ; if he has a knowledge that it is wrong and criminal,...to know that if he does the act, he will do wrong me unnea ESHKOB are gramea. Liieiounn mat asked for hy the United States is answered hy prayer eleven... | |
 | Francis Wharton - 1860 - 1072 pages
...he may be laboring under a partial insanity, if he still understands the nature and character of his act and its consequences, if he has a knowledge that...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 : — "... | |
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