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acquitted appeared atrocious attempted became Bellingham Birch character child circumstances Coke commission commit conduct confessed confined considerable considered Cornier crime criminal death delusion desire destroyed disease disorder doubt drunkenness endeavoured epilepsy escape evidence excited executed existence faculties feelings form of insanity Georget ground of insanity guilty Hadleigh hallucination Haslam Hatton Garden homicidal insanity horrible human impulse influence jury justice killed labouring Lord Coke Lord Erskine Lord Ferrers Lord Hale Lord Lyndhurst lucid interval lunacy lunatic madness malady maniac manifested Medical Jurisprudence medical witnesses melancholy ment Michu mind Miss Bradbury monomaniac moral disorder moral insanity morbid motives murder Non compos mentis observes offence paroxysm partial insanity passion patient person pistol PLEA OF INSANITY prisoner propensity punishment racter recollection responsible agent right and wrong rope Samuel Birch sanity says seized sion slightest suddenly suicide symptoms tion Ward End woman