 An act done by a person who is an idiot, imbecile, lunatic or insane is not a crime. A person cannot be tried, sentenced to any punishment or punished for a crime while he is in a state of idiocy, imbecility, lunacy or insanity so as to be incapable of...  The American Journal of Insanity - Seite 2311911Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1915 - 1352 Seiten
...insane persons. 1122. Maintaining private insane asylums. § 1120. Irresponsibility of idiot or lunatic. An act done by a person who is an idiot, imbecile, lunatic or insane 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,... | |
 | Charles Hamilton Hughes - 1884 - 788 Seiten
...he Is irresponsible IB upon the accused person, except as otherswise presented In this code. $ 20. An act done by a person who is an Idiot, imbecile, lunatic, insane or of unsound mind, is not a crime. A person cannot be tried, sentenced to any punishment or... | |
 | New York (State) - 1881 - 242 Seiten
...capacity to understand the act or neglect charged against him, and to know its wrongfulness. § 20. An act done by a person who is an idiot, imbecile, lunatic, insane, or of unsound mind, is not a crime. A per- f son cannot be tried, sentenced to any punishment,... | |
 | New York (State) - 1882 - 806 Seiten
...twenty of the Penal Code is amended so as to read as follows : § 20. An act done by a person who is'an idiot, imbecile, lunatic or insane 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 insanity... | |
 | New York (State) - 1884 - 1000 Seiten
...maximum from fourteen to twelre ycare. § 20. Irresponsibility, etc., of idiots, lunatics, etc.— An act done by a person who is an idiot, imbecile,...sentenced to any punishment or punished for a crime while he is in a state of idiocy, imbecility, lunacy or insanity so as to be incapable of understanding... | |
 | 1910 - 688 Seiten
...irresponsibility which precludes trial for a crime and that which excuses from liability for a crime. An act done by a person who is an idiot, imbecile, lunatic or insane is not a crime, but one is not excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic or insane person or of... | |
 | 1885 - 704 Seiten
...his right mind (2 JR. S., 1 ed. 1905, § 20). And by section 20 of the Penal Code it is declared that an act done by a person who is an idiot, imbecile, lunatic, or of unsound mind, is not a crime, and that such a person cannot be tried, sentenced to any punishment,... | |
 | 1885 - 392 Seiten
...Stage's case, ib., 177; Peo. v. Davis, 1 Wh. CC, 230. § 2O. Irresponsibility of idiot, lunatic, etc. — An act done by a person who is an idiot, imbecile,...sentenced to any punishment, or punished for a crime, while he is in a state of idiocy, imbecility, lunacy, or insanity, sO as to be incapable of understanding... | |
 | 1887 - 220 Seiten
...competent evidence upon the question of age. § 20. Irresponsibility, etc., of idiot, lunatic, etc. An act done by a person who is an idiot, imbecile,...sentenced to any punishment, or punished for a crime, while he is in a state of idiocy, imbecility, lunacy or insanity, so as to be incapable of understanding... | |
 | George Washington Field - 1887 - 312 Seiten
...22, 23 ; 2 Field's LB, §§ 270-279. Thus the Penal Code of New York provides as follows: " § 20. An act done by a person who is an idiot, imbecile,...tried, sentenced to any punishment or punished for any crime while he is in a state of idiocy, imbecility, lunacy or insanity, so as to be incapable of... | |
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