...Now every man was preGumcd 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...

...reason to be responsible for his crimes, until the contrary is proved to their satisfaction ; and that, to establish a defence on the ground of insanity,...or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what waa wrong. "The mode of putting the question to the jury on these occasions has generally...

...; I regard it as nonsense." It will be remembered by the legal read er, that that opinion was, 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 -mder $uch a defect of reason, from disease of the...

...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...

...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,...that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." It only remains for me to remark, that intoxication is no excuse for the commission of crime. If, therefore,...

...of the fifteen judges in England, they say: "The jury ought to be told in all cases, that every man is presumed to be sane, and to possess a sufficient...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...

...knew at the time of committing such crime that he was acting contrary to the law of the land. 2nd. To establish a defence on the ground of insanity,...the act the party accused was labouring under such a detect of reason from disease of the mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing,...

...at the time of committing such crime that he was acting contrary to the law of the land. Secondly, to establish a defence on the ground of insanity,...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...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 tf,e contrary is 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 was laboring under such a defect of reason from disease of the mind,...