...to comment on existing laws governing insanity. Fourteen of the judges agreed on two rules: First, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of committing...that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. The knowledge of right and wrong must apply to the very act charged and not in Henry Weihofen. Inmnity...

...man is presumed to be sane" until proven insane. The definition of insanity was that the defendant "was labouring under such a defect of reason, from...that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.'" In strict legal terms, it would be difficult to show that George Mitchell did not know the nature of...

...M'Naghten Rule and the American Law Institute Model Penal Code test. According to the M'Naghten test: [T]o establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease...

...for his crimes, until the contrary be proved to their satisfaction; and that to establish a defense on the ground of insanity it must be clearly proved that, at the time of committing the act, the accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature...

...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 the committing of the act the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease...

...responsibility. Of the several rules then published, the most important one is the following : "... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease...

...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 commit108 APPENDIX. ting the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason from...

...is presumed to be sane, unuï the contrary be proved, and that to establish a defence on the grounds of insanity it must be clearly proved that at the time of committing the act the accused party was labouring under such a deficit of reason from disease of the mind to not know the...

...knew at the time of such a crime that he was acting contrary to law. (2) That to establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease...

...The M'Naghten case held: Every man is to be presumed to be sane, and ...that to establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease...