 | Great Britain. Court of Criminal Appeal, Leofric Temple, George Mew - 1852 - 690 Seiten
...not a natural idiot," (Fitz. NB 233).f "A man is not an idiot if he hath a ylimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like common matters," (Jac. Law Die. "Idiot"). These are some of the many legal definitions of an idiot, with which me* See... | |
 | William Harvey - 1854 - 256 Seiten
...evidence in the courts of justice, nor be liable to be arraigned as a prisoner for crime. A person born deaf, dumb, and blind is looked upon by the law as in the same state as an idiot, he being supposed to be incapable of any understanding, as wanting all those... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - 1855 - 806 Seiten
...is no solid ground for the principle of law on the subject, as laid down by Blackstone, that — " a man •who is born deaf, dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot; he being supposed incapable of any understanding, as wanting all those senses... | |
 | 1855 - 784 Seiten
...is no solid ground for the principle of law on the subject, as laid down by Blackstone, that — " a man who is born deaf, dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the law aR in the same state with an idiot ; he being supposed incapable of any understanding, as wanting all... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1855 - 1120 Seiten
...Ъе likely to attain to any. But a person is not an idiot if he hath any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like common matters.1 A lunatic, or non compos menti«, is one who hath had understanding ; but, by disease, grief,... | |
 | Edmund Powell - 1856 - 456 Seiten
...v. Lemard, 3 Car. & P. 127. But it is stated by Mr. Phillipps,i on the authority of Blackstone, that a man who is born deaf, dumb, and blind is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot, and is therefore an incompetent witness. This position appears to be very... | |
 | Freeman Hunt - 1856 - 650 Seiten
...there is no solid ground for the principle of law on the subject, as laid down by Blackstone, that, " A man who is born deaf, dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot ; he being supposed incapable of any understanding, as wanting all those senses... | |
 | Robley Dunglison - 1856 - 768 Seiten
...and how inaptly, although humanely, does the law regard such beings! "A person," says Blackstone,1 " born deaf, dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot, he being supposed incapable of any understanding, as wanting all those senses... | |
 | Thomas Greaves Cary - 1856 - 310 Seiten
...for the principle of law on the subject, as laid down by Blackstone, that " a man who is born deaf5 dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot ; he being supposed incapable of any understanding, as wanting all those senses... | |
 | 1857 - 956 Seiten
...an idiot if he have any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like matters. But, a man who is born deaf, dumb and blind, is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot; he being supposed incapable of any understanding, as wanting all those senses... | |
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A man is not an idiot, if he hath any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like common matters. But a man who is born deaf, dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot ; he being supposed... 
