...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or if lie did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. The mode of putting the question to the jury on these oceasions has geacrally bcen, whcther the accused, at the time of doing...

...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." If the accused was conscious that the act in question was one which he ought not to do, and if that...

...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality r,f the act he was doing, or if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." (1 Car. & Kir. 134; 8 Scott, NR 595.) The Doctor makes quite free with this opinion of the English...

...here says, of the body — as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. * * * * *'* • * If the accused was conscious that the act was one which he ought not to do, and if...

...from disease of the mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. 3rd. If a person under a partial delusion only, and not in other respects insane, commits an offence...

...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." It only remains for me to remark, that intoxication is no excuse for the commission of crime. If, therefore,...

...when the act was done. In such case, the jury should be instructed that, ' it must be clearly shown that at the time of committing the act, the party...know he was doing what was wrong. The mode of putting th« latter part of the question to the jury, on these occasions, has generally been whether the accused...

...disease of the mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was tiding ; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong; and, (3) that if a person under the influence of an insane delusion as to existing facts commits an...

...under such inental disease as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. [2 Greenl. Ev., § 878; 10 Clark & Fin., 210; 9 C. & P., 525.] Ib. Gen. Sen., 1816, Clark's Case, 1...

...disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing ; or if lie did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." Now, all these modes of determining the question of the existence of mental disease are, and have always...