 ... notwithstanding the party accused did the act complained of with a view, under the influence of insane delusion, of redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit, he is nevertheless punishable according...  The Jurist - Page 2521844Full view - About this book
 | Allan McLane Hamilton - 1894 - 800 pages
...public benefit, he is nevertheless punishable according to the nature of the crime committed, if lie knew at the time of committing such crime that he was acting contrary to the law; by which expression we understand your lordships to mean the law of the land. Your lordships... | |
 | Medicine - 1895 - 622 pages
...rendering the joint opinion of all the judges, except one, held that such a person should be punished "according to the nature of the crime committed, if...committing such crime that he was acting contrary to law ; * * * and to establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that * * *... | |
 | Sir William Oldnall Russell, Horace Smith, Alfred Percival Perceval Keep - Criminal law - 1896 - 1132 pages
...redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit, he is nevertheless punishable, according to the nature of...understand your lordships to mean the law of the land.' Q. II. ' What are the proper questions to be submitted to the jury where a person alleged to be afflicted... | |
 | Rudolph August Witthaus - 1896 - 858 pages
...redressing or revenging some sup posed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit, he is nevertheless punishable, according to the nature of...knew, at the time of committing such crime, that he himself. In this case the same thing may be said, or that they ought to prosecute him by means of criminal... | |
 | India - Criminal law - 1898 - 1152 pages
...redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit, be is nevertheless punishable according to the nature of...he was acting contrary to law, by which expression wo understand your Lordships to mean the law of the land. " Q. II. — What are the proper questions... | |
 | Great Britain. State Trials Committee - Trials - 1898 - 796 pages
...redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit — he is, nevertheless, punishable, according to the nature...committing such crime that he was acting contrary to law ; •which expression we understand to mean the law of the land." Then in answer to the second question,... | |
 | Allan McLane Hamilton - 1900 - 762 pages
...redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit, he is nevertheless punishable according to the nature of...committing such crime that he was acting contrary to the law; by which expression we understand your lordships to mean the law of the land. Your lordships... | |
 | Courtney Stanhope Kenny - Criminal law - 1901 - 574 pages
...redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit) he is nevertheless punishable, according to the nature of...understand your lordships to mean the law of the land. "Your lordships are pleased to inquire of us, secondly: 'What are the proper questions to he submitted... | |
 | California, Carter Pitkin Pomeroy - Civil law - 1901 - 668 pages
...redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit, is nevertheless punishable according to the nature of...committing such crime that he was acting contrary to law. 2. The jury are to be told in all cases that every man is to be presumed to be sane, and to possess... | |
 | John Dawson Mayne - Criminal law - 1904 - 1186 pages
...redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit, he is nevertheless punishable, according to the nature of...contrary to law, by which expression we understand your Lordshipa to mean the law of the land." To the second and third questions : — " That the jury ought... | |
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