The Plea of Insanity, in Criminal Cases |
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acquitted appeared atrocious attempted became Bellingham Birch capital punish character child commission commit conduct confessed confined connex considerable considered Cornier crime death delirium tremens delusion desire disease doubt drunkenness endeavoured epilepsy escape evidence executed existence faculties feelings form of insanity Georget ground of insanity guilty Hadleigh hallucination Haslam homicidal insanity horrible human influence irresistible impulse jury justice killed labour Lord Coke Lord Erskine Lord Ferrers Lord Hale Lord Lyndhurst Lord Wharton lunacy lunatic mad-house madness malady manifested Medical Jurisprudence medical witnesses melancholy ment mental derangement Michu monomaniac moral insanity morbid motives murder Non compos mentis observes paroxysm partial insanity passion patient perpetrated person pistol plea of insanity prisoner propensity punishment reason recollection referred responsible agent right and wrong right from wrong rope Samuel Birch says seized slightest suddenly suicide symptoms of derange tion unsound mind urged Ward End whilst woman