 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...  The North American Review - Page 336edited by - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Sir Matthew Hale - Pleas of the crown - 1847 - 784 pages
...insanity, if he still understands the nature and character of his act and its consequences; if he has a p. 12. above-mentioned, that the several statutes...the king's exchanges, were not intended to prejudic be will do wrong and receive punishment, such partial insanity is not sufficient to exempt him from... | |
 | Sir Matthew Hale - Criminal law - 1847 - 774 pages
...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...his own case, and to know that if he does the act ho will do wrong and receive punishment, such partial insanity is not sufficient to exempt him from... | |
 | Daniel Edgar Sickles, Felix Gregory De Fontaine - Trials (Murder) - 1859 - 140 pages
...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, and a mental...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
...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...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 : — "... | |
 | Asa Kinne - Law - 1865 - 340 pages
...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...do wrong and receive • punishment ; such partial iusanity is not sufficient to exempt him from responsibility for criminal acts. If then it is proved... | |
 | Law - 1888 - 564 pages
...insanity, if he still understands the nature and character of his act, and ita consequences, and has a knowledge that it is wrong and criminal, and a mental...does the act he will do wrong and receive punishment, and possesses withal a will sufficient to restrain the impulse that may arise from a diseased mind,... | |
 | 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 616 pages
...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... | |
 | Law - 1870 - 546 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Henry Edward Wallace - Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 696 pages
...understand the nature and character of his act, had n knowledge that it was wrong and criminal, and mental power sufficient to apply that knowledge to his own case, and knew if he did the act he would do wrong and would receive punishment; if, further, he had sufficient... | |
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