 | Alberta. Supreme Court - 1915 - 572 Seiten
...submitted to them was as follows: — ' ' The jurors ought to be told in all cases that every man is to be presumed to be sane and to possess a sufficient degree...or if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing wrong." This must be accepted as a correct statement of the obligation of the accused in such... | |
 | 1915 - 1082 Seiten
...as a defence, was settled by the judgment of Lord Chief Justice Tindal in these words : " In order to establish a defence, on the ground of insanity,...or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. ... If the accused was conscious that the act was one which he ought not to do,... | |
 | Seymour Frederick Harris - 1919 - 596 Seiten
...by the House of Lords to the Judges. The substance of their answers was to the following effect : " To establish a defence on the ground of insanity,...or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." Thus the question of knowledge of right or wrong, instead of being put generally... | |
 | 1919 - 460 Seiten
...responsible for his crimes, until the contrary be proved to their s \tisfa ;fcion; an I thit to esti'«lish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly...or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." Stephen, in his History of the Criminal Law of England, vol. 1., p. 153 el seq.,... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Criminal Appeal - 1922 - 244 Seiten
...and to possess u sufficient degree of reason to be responsible for his crimes, until the contrary be proved to their satisfaction; and that to establish...or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." That is a sufficient and salutary rule. In order that the accused person may... | |
 | John Cuthbert Goodwin - 1923 - 352 Seiten
...should be informed that every man is regarded as sane and responsible unless the contrary is proved. To establish a defence on the ground of insanity it...or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong* The question which we have tended to leave to the jury is whether the accused,... | |
 | 1923 - 762 Seiten
...insanity it must be clearly proved that at the time of the committing of the act the accused party was labouring under such a defect of reason, from...or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." Thus we see that "these legal authorities have adhered strictly to the traditional... | |
 | William Charles Sullivan - 1925 - 276 Seiten
...insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time of the committing of the act the accused party was labouring under such a defect of reason, from...or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. The mode of putting the latter part of the question to the jury, on these occasions,... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Appeal - 1927 - 208 Seiten
...reason to be responsible for his crimes, until the contrary is proved to the satisfaction of the jury. To establish a defence on the ground of insanity,...or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. In the present case the judge at the trial fully and clearly explained the law... | |
 | Francis Bowes Sayre - 1927 - 1192 Seiten
...ground of insanity, it mugt^be clearly proved that, at •the time of the committing of the (&ci^> the party accused was labouring under such a defect...or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. The mode of putting the latter part of the question to the jury on these occasions... | |
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... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality... 
