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... murders his wife and children , and probably attempts his own life . Should the unfortunate succeed in committing self - destruction , but little difficulty then is found in arriving at the verdict of " temporary insanity ; " but if he ...
... murders his wife and children , and probably attempts his own life . Should the unfortunate succeed in committing self - destruction , but little difficulty then is found in arriving at the verdict of " temporary insanity ; " but if he ...
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... murder of his four children ; he was a person of industrious habits , and an affec- tionate father , but having fallen into distressed circumstances , he destroyed his children by strangling them , in order , as he said , that they ...
... murder of his four children ; he was a person of industrious habits , and an affec- tionate father , but having fallen into distressed circumstances , he destroyed his children by strangling them , in order , as he said , that they ...
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... murder until he was apprehended , the next day , and taken before the coroner , when he made a full confession . Not one of the wit- nesses had ever observed the slightest indication of insanity about him . He made no defence ; but ...
... murder until he was apprehended , the next day , and taken before the coroner , when he made a full confession . Not one of the wit- nesses had ever observed the slightest indication of insanity about him . He made no defence ; but ...
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... of insanity , resting upon the fact of the deceased being a stranger to him , and of there being consequently no motive for the murder : the jury negatived the plea , and the prisoner was convicted and executed . 16 INTRODUCTION .
... of insanity , resting upon the fact of the deceased being a stranger to him , and of there being consequently no motive for the murder : the jury negatived the plea , and the prisoner was convicted and executed . 16 INTRODUCTION .
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... murder : the defence was insanity , founded on the absence of motive for the act , and the presumption of hereditary taint . After having fired the pistol , he said he did it on purpose , for he wished to be hanged : there was no ...
... murder : the defence was insanity , founded on the absence of motive for the act , and the presumption of hereditary taint . After having fired the pistol , he said he did it on purpose , for he wished to be hanged : there was no ...
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