| Charles Moore - 1790 - 472 стор.
...kind. c the the .following rule. " That a perfoir, who, labouring under melancholy dif*'. tempers, has yet ordinarily as great understanding as ordinarily a child of " fourteen years hath, is fuch a perfon as may be guilty of treafon or felony:" — becaufe a child of that age would be punifhable... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 580 стор.
...ground of insanity. And Lord Hale says : " Such a person as, laboring under melancholy distempers, hath yet ordinarily as great understanding as ordinarily...such a person as may be guilty of treason or felony." More recently the power to distinguish right from wrong has been given by judges as the test of criminal... | |
| William Oldnall Russell - 1824 - 594 стор.
...best measure I can think of is this : such a person as labouring under melancholy distempers, hath yet ordinarily as great understanding as ordinarily...such a person as may be guilty of treason or felony (o).M Cases. ^ ^1' De proper to mention some of the cases which have been decided upon this difficult... | |
| William Oldnall Russell - 1826 - 788 стор.
..." measure 1 can think of is this : such a person as, labouring under " melancholy distempers, hath yet ordinarily as great understanding " as ordinarily...a person as " may be guilty of treason or felony." (p) It will be proper to mention some of the cases which have been decided upon this difficult and... | |
| 1836 - 522 стор.
...by no less a man than Lord Hale, viz. ' Such a person as, laboring under melancholy distempers, hath yet ordinarily as great understanding as ordinarily...such a person as may be guilty of treason or felony.' l This preposterous test is based upon the belief, that the difference between sanity and insanity... | |
| William Leman Rede, Leman Thomas Rede - 1831 - 756 стор.
...offences. Lord Hale's rule was, " That one who labouring under melancholy distempers, had yet as great an understanding as ordinarily a child of fourteen years...such a person as may be guilty of treason or felony." Many cases of importance have occurred, in which the defence of insanity has been set up, but seldom... | |
| John Frederick Archbold - 1831 - 624 стор.
...suggesting as the best measure, that such a person as, labouring under melancholy distempers, hath yet ordinarily as great understanding as ordinarily...child of fourteen years hath, is such a person as can be guilty of treason and felony. 1 Hale, 30, 412. Upon this subject many cases have been decided,... | |
| Leonard Shelford - 1833 - 964 стор.
...adds, " that the best measure is this — such a person as labouring under melancholy distempers hath yet ordinarily as great understanding, as ordinarily...such a person as may be guilty of treason or felony (g)." The law recognises partial insanity; and, in civil cases, this partial insanity, if existing... | |
| 1843 - 818 стор.
...best measure that 1 can think of is this : such a person as labouring under melancholy distempers hath yet ordinarily as great understanding, as ordinarily...such a person as may be guilty of treason or felony. " Again, a total alienation of the mind, or perfect madness ; this excuse! h from the guilt of felony... | |
| Daniel MACNAUGHTON - 1843 - 96 стор.
...best measure that I can think of is this : such a person as labouring under melancholy distempers hath yet ordinarily as great understanding as ordinarily a child of fourteen years bath, is such a person as may be guilty of treason or felony." Having quoted that passage, he says... | |
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