 ... it is not every kind of frantic humor or something unaccountable in a man's actions, that points him out to be such a madman rs is to be exempted from punishment ; it must be a man that is totally deprived of his understanding and memory, and doth...  The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer - Page 264by Richard Burn - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Henry Aubrey Husband - Medical jurisprudence - 1883 - 642 pages
...his acts unless he was totally deprived of his understanding and memory, and did not know what he was doing, ' no more than an infant, than a brute, or a wild beast ' (R. v. Arnold). In the case of Bellingham, the knowledge of 'right' and 'wrong' in the abstract was... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - Insanity - 1884 - 1012 pages
...humor, or something unaccountable in a man's actions that points him out to be such a madman, as is exempted from punishment; it must be a man that is...more than an infant — than a brute or a wild beast. ' ' The trial of Hadfield took place in the King's Bench before Lord KENYON in 1800, and is fully reported... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - Criminal law - 1884 - 366 pages
...introduced a new test. " The mau who is to escape punishment for his crimes," said Chief Justice Tracy, " must be a man that is totally deprived of his understanding...more than an infant, than a brute, or a wild beast." Arnold's Case, 1C How. St. Tr. 7fi4. This was called the "wild beast test;" but it did not become very... | |
 | John James Reese - Evidence (Law) - 1884 - 690 pages
...his acts unless he was totally deprived of his understanding and memory, and did not know what he was doing, no more than an infant, than a brute, or a wild beast " (R. v. Arnold}. In the case of Bellingham, " the knowledge of right and wrong " in the abstract was... | |
 | Daniel Putnam - Insanity - 1885 - 180 pages
...humour, or something unaccountable in a man's actions, that points him out to be such a madman as is exempted from punishment. It must be a man that is...than an infant, than a brute or a wild beast; such a one is never the object of punishment. " This was very naturally known as "the wild beast theory."... | |
 | Charles James Cullingworth - Insanity - 1885 - 68 pages
...humour, or something unaccountable in a man's actions, that points him out to be such a madman as is exempted from punishment : it must be a man that is...more than an infant, than a brute, or a wild beast." The jury, thereupon, rejected the plea, and it was only on the intercession of Lord Onslow himself... | |
 | Seymour Frederick Harris - Criminal law - 1885 - 516 pages
...illustrated by the following dictum of an English judge : A man who is to be exempted from punishment " must be a man that is totally deprived of his understanding...doing, no more than an infant, than a brute, or a wild beast."(A) The second stage regarded aa the test of responsibility the power of distinguishing right... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 848 pages
...in 1724, as any improvement on that of Lord Hale. He sakl : "It is not every kind of frantic humor or something unaccountable in a man's actions, that...than an infant, than a brute, or a wild beast; such a one is never the object of punishment:" 16 How. St. Tr. 764. Under this charge the defendant was... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Board of Public Charities - Charities - 1890 - 634 pages
...language of Judge Tracy, in Hex v. Arnold, -16 St. Tr. 764, " A man who is to be exempt from punishment must be a man that is totally deprived of his understanding...he is doing, no more than an infant, than a brute, than a wild beast." The second stage was that in which the test was made the power of distinguishing... | |
 | Daniel Hack Tuke - Clinical psychology - 1892 - 670 pages
...Tracy, which was to the effect that " a prisoner in order to be acquitted on the ground of insanity must be a man that is totally deprived of his understanding...more than an infant, than a brute or a wild beast." It is scarcely to be wondered at that, acting under these directions, the jury found the prisoner guilty,... | |
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