 | Edward Livingston - Criminal law - 1822 - 164 pages
...otherwise have been in6icted on such persons, shall be increased one half. And if the minor shall he ahove fifteen years, then one-fourth; and in either case,...the continuance of the punishment, if the convict is deprived of his reason, so much of the punishment as may consist of hard labor, shall, dur- . ing... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 516 pages
...responsibility. In Livingston's code (New Orleans, 1824, chap. I11, p. 15,) we have the following words : — " No act done by a person in a state of insanity can be punished as an offence." The revised statutes of the state of New York, (Albany, 1836, vol. ii, p. 582,) contain the same words.... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1829 - 878 pages
...the courts deriving their jurisdiction under the laws and constitution of the United States.60 S 2. No act done by a person in a state of insanity can be punish- in«!mopw-., i . i • ii aoiw. ed as an offence ; and no insane person can be tried, sentenced... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1829 - 882 pages
...the courts deriving their jurisdiction under the laws and constitution of the United States.59 § 2. No act done by a person in a state of insanity can be punish- insane p«r ed as an offence ; and no insane person can be tried, sentenced to any (89) i*wi... | |
 | Edward Livingston - Crime - 1833 - 766 pages
...imprisonment for life, then one month of such imprisonment, in every year, shall be in solitude. Art. 35. No act done by a person in a state of INSANITY, can...the continuance of the punishment, if the convict is deprived of his reason, so much of the punishment as may consist of hard labour, shall, during such... | |
 | Edward Livingston - Crime - 1833 - 768 pages
...imprisonment for life, then one month of such imprisonment, in every year, shall be in solitude. Art. 35. No act done by a person in a state of INSANITY, can...the continuance of the punishment, if the convict is deprived of his reason, so much of the punishment as may consist of hard labour, shall, during such... | |
 | Edward Livingston - Crime - 1833 - 768 pages
...imprisonment, in every year, shall be in solitude. Art. 35. No act done by a person in a state of JTSANITT, can be punished as an offence. No person becoming...been found guilty, shall be sentenced while in that slate. No person sentenced shall be punished, if he afterwards become and continue insane. And during... | |
 | I. RAY, M.D. - 1838
...opin1 The state of New York has adopted the principle of the French law, in reference to this point. " No act done by a person in a state of insanity can be punished as an offence, and no insane person can be tried, sentenced to any punishment, or punished, for any crime or offence... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - Criminal law - 1841 - 834 pages
...it.(rf) This is the doctrine of the common law. Besides, it is now expressly provided by statute, that " No act done by a person in a state of insanity can be punished as an offence."(e) One great difficulty which a magistrate has to encounter is, to distinguish between such... | |
 | William Freeman, Benjamin Franklin Hall - Insanity (Law) - 1848 - 516 pages
...on this subject intended to abrogate or qualify the Common Law rule. The words of the statute are, " No act done by a person in a state of insanity can be punished as an offence." (2 RS 697 § 2.) The clause is very comprehensive in its terms, and at first blush might seem to exempt... | |
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