 | 1844 - 500 sider
...is punishable ; and the usual course therefore has been to leave the question to the jury, whether the party accused had a sufficient degree of reason to know that lie was doing an act that was wrong; and this course we think is correct, accompanied with such observations... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - 1846 - 914 sider
...is punishable; and the usual course, therefore, has been to leave the question to the jury, whether the party accused had a sufficient degree of reason...accompanied with such observations and explanations as the circumstance of each particular case may require." To the fourth question: — " The answer to this... | |
 | Sir Matthew Hale - 1847 - 784 sider
...usual coarse, therefore, has been to leave the question to the Jury, whether the party accused had * ۽u* d k answer to the fourth question must, of course, depend on the nature of the delusion; but, making the... | |
 | Sir Matthew Hale - 1847 - 774 sider
...is punishable; and the usual course, therefore, has been to leave the question to the Jury, whether the party accused had a sufficient degree of reason...was doing an act that was wrong ; and this course we II. ink is correct, accompanied with such observations and explanations as the circumstances of each... | |
 | William Freeman, Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1848 - 516 sider
...is punishable ; and the usual course, therefore, has been to leave the question to the jury, whether the party accused had a sufficient degree of reason...circumstances of each particular case may require." To the fourth question, they replied, that " the answer must of course depend on the nature of the... | |
 | Sir Alexander Morison - 1848 - 600 sider
...was doing wrong. So that the question for the jury is this simple one, — had the individual accused a sufficient degree of reason, to know that he was doing an act that was wrong I The law, however, makes a just distinction between a knowledge of what is lawful and unlawful, and... | |
 | 1855 - 736 sider
...punishable ; and the usual course, therefore, has been, to leave the question to the jury; whether the party accused had a sufficient degree of reason...circumstances of each particular case may require." This subject was much discussed in Freeman v. The People, 4 Denio, 29, (1847.) The rule of McNau ghten's... | |
 | Edward Hazen Parker - 1851 - 694 sider
...therefore, has been to leave the question to the jury — whether the party accused had a sufficient decree of reason to know that he was doing an act that was...circumstances of each particular case may require." QUESTION IV. — " If a person, under an insane delusion as to the existing facts, commits an offence... | |
 | 1850 - 866 sider
...punishable ; and the usual course, therefore, has been to leave the question to the jury — whether the party accused had a sufficient degree of reason...this course, we think, is correct, accompanied with snch observations and explanations as the circumstances of each particular case may require." QUESTION... | |
 | William Hickman (R.N.) - 1851 - 360 sider
...is punishable; and the usual course, therefore, has been to leave the question to the jury, whether the party accused had a sufficient degree of reason...circumstances of each particular case may require. Fourth Question. " The answer to this question must of course depend on the nature of the delusion... | |
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If the accused was conscious that the act was one which he ought not to do, and if that act was at the same time contrary to the law of the land, he is punishable; and the usual course therefore has been to leave the question to the jury, whether the... 
