...contrary to law, would be sufficient to sustain a conviction. It may, therefore, be concluded, that to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be proved that at the time of committing the act the accused was labouring under such a defect of reason...

...legal test of insanity, when urged as a plea of innocence in criminal cases, is the proof that " the accused was labouring under such a defect of reason,...that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." But this test is untrustworthy. There are, of course, lunatics in whom the moral sense is blunt or...

...man labouring under adventitious insanity is, during the frenzy, entitled to the same indulgence.3 ' 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...

...own, but it did not in any way differ from the other judges), says :—" It must be proved that at th* time of committing the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know th« tag. Вер.] BotTQHTOÎC T. KNIGHT. natare Mid quality of...

...opinion of his own, but it did not in any way differ from the other judges), says :— " It must be proved that at the time of committing the act, the...that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. " Now that, in my opinion, affords as nearly as it is possible a general formula that is applicable...

...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,...the time of committing 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...

...struck and killed the deceased. The instructions referred to in the opinion were as follows : " 3. To establish a defence on the ground of insanity it...proved that at the time of committing the act the defendant was laboring under such a defect of reason from disease of the mind as not to know the nature...

...House of Lords to the Judges, cited in Roscoe's Cr. Ev., p. 933, he says: "That to establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved...time of committing the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature or quality...

...confused, and the substance of them may be correctly given in fewer words. " To establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved...the time of committing 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 the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease...