...state that these two questions can be more conveniently answered together, and their reply is, that, " to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that at the time of committing the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason from disease of the...

...to be responsible for his actions, until the contrary has been satisfactorily proved ; and in order to establish a defence on the ground of insanity,...of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality...

...reason to be responsible for his crimes, until the contrary be proved to their satisfaction ; and that, to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that, at the time of committing the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the...

...you, in each and every one of these cases, have declared, upon your oath, that you believed Oxford was " labouring under such a defect of reason, from...or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing wrong ? " * We entreat you to forget altogether the enormity of the offence imputed to Oxford...

...reason to be responsible for his crimes, until the contrary is proved to thcir satisfaction; and that, to establish a defence on the ground of insanity,...it must be clearly proved, that, at the time of the comnntting of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason from disease of...

...reason to be responsible for his crimes until the contrary be proved to their satisfaction ; and that to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time of committing the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the...

...reason to be responsible for his crimes until the contrary be proved to their satisfaction ; and that to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time of committing of the act the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason from disease of...

...reason to be responsible for his crimes until the contrary be proved to their satisfaction ; and that to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time of committing the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of tlie...

...insanity, it must be clearly shown that, at the time of the committing the act charged in the indictment, the party accused was "labouring under such a defect...that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." If the accused was conscious that the act in question was one which he ought not to do, and if that...

...that every man was presumed to be sane, until the contrary was proved to the satisfaction of the jury. "To establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be proved that he was, at the time he committed the offence, labouring under such defect of reason, and...