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... period of the perpetration of the crime ; and 2ndly , That there are many cases in which the lunatic possesses a con- sciousness of right and wrong , and also a knowledge of the consequences of the act , though he ought not to be held ...
... period of the perpetration of the crime ; and 2ndly , That there are many cases in which the lunatic possesses a con- sciousness of right and wrong , and also a knowledge of the consequences of the act , though he ought not to be held ...
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... period of eleven months . The prisoner was tried for shoot- ing with intent to 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 ...
... period of eleven months . The prisoner was tried for shoot- ing with intent to 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 ...
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... period the remembrance of the one recalls the others , in their due order and relation . In me- mory we trace a provision for the retention of facts or events ; imagination " bodies forth the form of things unknown ; " by it we can wave ...
... period the remembrance of the one recalls the others , in their due order and relation . In me- mory we trace a provision for the retention of facts or events ; imagination " bodies forth the form of things unknown ; " by it we can wave ...
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... number of the commitments for trial , and the numbers sentenced in England and Wales during the three last quintennial periods . 1 w COMMITMENTS FOR TRIAL . Character of Offence . 1835-39 . 36 PUNISHMENT IN REFERENCE TO.
... number of the commitments for trial , and the numbers sentenced in England and Wales during the three last quintennial periods . 1 w COMMITMENTS FOR TRIAL . Character of Offence . 1835-39 . 36 PUNISHMENT IN REFERENCE TO.
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... periods , the increase of the convictions was 24.5 per cent . , while the decrease in the number sen- tenced to ... period is one in thirty ; in the last , one in two hundred and eighty - six . Now , from these facts we are entitled ...
... periods , the increase of the convictions was 24.5 per cent . , while the decrease in the number sen- tenced to ... period is one in thirty ; in the last , one in two hundred and eighty - six . Now , from these facts we are entitled ...
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