A person is not excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic, or insane person, except upon proof that, at the time of committing the alleged criminal act, he was laboring under such a defect of reason as: 1. Not to know the nature and... The American Journal of Insanity - Seite 2311911Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Hiram Edward Sickels - 1909 - 764 Seiten
...provided by the Penal Code (§ 21): " A person is not NY Rep.] Opinion of the Court, per CHASE, J. excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile,...lunatic, or insane person, except upon proof that, at tlie time of committing the alleged criminal act, he was laboring under such a defect of reason as... | |
| 1915 - 1352 Seiten
...is not a crime. A person can not be tried, sentenced to any punishment or punished for a crime while he is in a state of idiocy, imbecility, lunacy or...insane person, except upon proof that, at the time of committing the alleged criminal act, he was laboring under such a defect of reason as: 1. Not to know... | |
| New York (State). Board of Charities - 1910 - 1028 Seiten
...is not a crime. A person can not be tried, sentenced to any punishment or punished for a crime while he is in a state of idiocy, imbecility, lunacy or...lunatic, or insane person, except upon proof that, at the Vol. Ill — 11 time of committing the alleged criminal act, he was laboring under such a defect of... | |
| New York (State). Board of Charities - 1906 - 1550 Seiten
...1884, People v. Rhinelander, Z id. 340. § 21. Irresponsibility, etc., of idiots, lunatics, etc. — A person is not excused from criminal liability as...lunatic, or insane person, except upon proof that, at tbe time of committing tie alleged criminal act. he was laboring under such a defect of reason, as... | |
| Charles Hamilton Hughes - 1884 - 788 Seiten
...undecided and undefined. The latter part would seem to define it to apply to the accused when in a state so as to be incapable of understanding the proceeding or making his defense; but Section 21 is a re-statement of the rule in the McNaughten case : " Laboring under such a defect... | |
| New York (State) - 1881 - 242 Seiten
...punishment, or punished for a crime, while he is in a state of idiocy, imbecility, insanity, or lunacy, so as to be incapable of understanding the proceeding or making his defense. § 21. A person is not excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic, or insane person,... | |
| 1883 - 790 Seiten
...that of his insanity. The New Code of the State of New York, amended in 1882, has this language : " A person is not excused from criminal liability as...insane person, except upon proof that, at the time of committing the alleged criminal act, he was laboring under such a defect of reason as either 1. Not... | |
| New York (State) - 1882 - 806 Seiten
...is not a crime. A person cannot be tried, sentenced to anv punishment or punished for a crime while he is in a state of idiocy, imbecility, lunacy or...understanding the proceeding or making his defense. Section twenty-one is hereby amended so as to read as follows : § 21. A person is not excused from... | |
| 1896 - 546 Seiten
...cases Laws Relating; to Voluntary Intoxication In New York. Section I, Penal Code, State of New York: A person is not excused from criminal liability as...insane person, except upon proof that, at the time of committing the alleged criminal act, he was laboring under such a defect of reason as either not to... | |
| George Leib Harrison - 1884 - 1156 Seiten
...Irresponsihil- ' . ' . ity of lunatic*, tried, sentenced to any punishment, or punished for a crime, while he is in a state of idiocy, imbecility, lunacy, or...person is not excused from criminal liability as an imbecile, lunatic, or insane person, except ibid 5 21. •• Ji iinwf that, at the time of committing... | |
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