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Page 8
... from the penalty which would otherwise attach to the transgressor . The following is the legal test , given explicitly by the whole of the judges in conference , in answer to queries put by the House of Lords , in 8 INTRODUCTION .
... from the penalty which would otherwise attach to the transgressor . The following is the legal test , given explicitly by the whole of the judges in conference , in answer to queries put by the House of Lords , in 8 INTRODUCTION .
Page 11
... judge remarked , in reference to the ex- pressed medical opinion in favour of the pri- soner's unsoundness of mind , founded upon the consideration of the details of the case , and their knowledge of moral insanity , that " to allow the ...
... judge remarked , in reference to the ex- pressed medical opinion in favour of the pri- soner's unsoundness of mind , founded upon the consideration of the details of the case , and their knowledge of moral insanity , that " to allow the ...
Page 12
... and her children . The judge declined receiving the evidence ; and under his direction the prisoner was found guilty , and sentence of death was passed upon him . By the active interference of Dr. Blake , and others , he 12 INTRODUCTION .
... and her children . The judge declined receiving the evidence ; and under his direction the prisoner was found guilty , and sentence of death was passed upon him . By the active interference of Dr. Blake , and others , he 12 INTRODUCTION .
Page 48
... was therefore ruled by the judge , that eccentricity only was proved , and that the will was valid . In civil acts we thus notice that the class of eccentrics is held to possess not only a capacity for controlling the 48 UNSOUND MIND AS A.
... was therefore ruled by the judge , that eccentricity only was proved , and that the will was valid . In civil acts we thus notice that the class of eccentrics is held to possess not only a capacity for controlling the 48 UNSOUND MIND AS A.
Page 51
... judge with discretionary power to fill up , as may seem to him best , those gaps which must necessarily exist in all legislation for the masses . The evidence of intoxication may , however , be of importance , when the intention of the ...
... judge with discretionary power to fill up , as may seem to him best , those gaps which must necessarily exist in all legislation for the masses . The evidence of intoxication may , however , be of importance , when the intention of the ...
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