 ... the very act of suicide is an evidence of insanity; as if every man, who acts contrary to reason, had no reason at all: for the same argument would prove every other criminal non compos, as well as the self-murderer. The law very rationally judges,...  Medical Jurisprudence - Seite 103von John Ayrton Paris, John Samuel Martin Fonblanque - 1823Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Henry Potter - 1816 - 474 Seiten
...the self-murderer. The law very rationally judges, that every melancholy or hypochondriac fit does not deprive a man of the capacity of discerning right from wrong ; which is necessary to form a legal excuse. And therefore, if a real lunatic kills himself, in a lucid... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1822 - 428 Seiten
...insane as wett " as the self-murderer. The law " very rationally judges 'that every melancholy fit does not " deprive a man of the capacity " of discerning...right from wrong ; " and therefore, if a real lunatic " kill himself in a lucid interval, " he is a self-murderer as much "' as another man;'* Let the public... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris, John Samuel Martin Fonblanque - 1823 - 556 Seiten
...the self-murderer. The law very rationally judges, that every melancholy or hypochondriac tit does not deprive a man of the capacity of discerning right...felo de se as much as another man. 1 Hales, PC 412. 1 Hazck. PC c. 27, s. 3. As to. the punishment which human laws inflict on this crime, they can only... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 576 Seiten
...the self-murderer. The law very rationally judges, that every melancholy or hypochondriac fit does not deprive a man of the capacity of discerning right from wrong ; which is necessary, as was obt 190 ] served in a former chapter ', to form a legal excuse. And therefore... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 584 Seiten
...the self-murderer. The law very rationally judges, that every melancholy or hypochondriac fit does not deprive a man of the capacity of discerning right from wrong; which is necessary, as was ob190 ] served in a former chapter ', to form a legal excuse. And therefore... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1826 - 440 Seiten
...insane as well " us the self-murderer. The law " very rationally judges that " every melancholy fit does not " deprive a man of the capacity " of discerning...right from wrong; "'and therefore, if a real lunatic " kill himself in a lucid interval, " he is a self-murderer as ranch " as another man." Let the public... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 704 Seiten
...the self-murderer. The law very rationally judges, that every melancholy or hypochondriac fit does not deprive a man of the capacity of discerning right from wrong ; which is necessary, as was ob[*190] served in a former chapter (s), to *form a legal excuse. And... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE - 1837 - 468 Seiten
...the self-murderer. The law very rationally judges, that every melancholy and hypochondriac fit does not deprive a man of the capacity of discerning right from wrong ; which is necessary, as was observed in a former chapter, to form a legal excuse. And therefore if... | |
 | 1852 - 460 Seiten
...deprive a man of the power of discerning good from evil, which is necessary to form a legal excuse. And therefore, if a real lunatic kills himself in a lucid interval, he isfelo de se as much as another man. In our law courts a great difficulty exists in determining whether... | |
 | 1852 - 594 Seiten
...deprive a man of the power of discerning good from evil, which is necessary to form a legal excuse. And therefore, if a real lunatic kills himself in a lucid interval, he isfelo de se as much as another man. In our law courts a great difficulty exists in determining whether... | |
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