 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 New York Supplement - Seite 1641898Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1943 - 442 Seiten
...closely similar to that in Judge Tindal's original opinion : A person is not excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic or insane...he was laboring under such a defect of reason as: 1. Not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or 2. Not to know that the act was wrong.... | |
 | Benjamin Nathan Cardozo - 2005 - 58 Seiten
...York by the mandate of the statute. Penal Law, § 34, provides: "A person is not excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic or insane person, except upon proof that at the time of the commission of the alleged criminal act he was laboring under such a defect of reason as either... | |
 | 1953 - 78 Seiten
...grounds of insanity, idiocy, or imbecility, except upon proof that at the time of the commission of the criminal act, he was laboring under such a defect of reason as (1) not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or (2) not to know that the act was... | |
 | Joseph Parrish - 1884 - 208 Seiten
...excused from criminal liability, as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic or insane person, or of unsound mind, except upon proof that at the time of committing the...defect of reason, as either. 1. Not to know the nature of the quality of the act he was doing, or, 2. Not to know that the act was wrong. SEC. 22. No act... | |
 | 1915 - 650 Seiten
...some times divergent. In the State of Xew York a person is not excused from criminal liability, as a lunatic or insane person, except upon proof that at...laboring under such- a defect of reason as either not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or not to know the act was wrong. In regard... | |
 | 1924 - 410 Seiten
...insanity in too narrow a manner. It provides that a person is not excused from criminal liability as an insane person except upon proof that, at the time...he was laboring under such a defect of reason as: "1. Not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, "2. Not to know that the act was... | |
 | 1910 - 792 Seiten
...not excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic or insane person, except upon the proof that, at the time of committing the alleged...laboring under such a defect of reason, as either (i) not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or (2) not to know that the act was... | |
 | Minnesota. Supreme Court - 1909 - 634 Seiten
...of normality is fixed in this state by statute. No person shall be excused from criminal liability except upon proof that at the time of committing the...act he was laboring under such a defect of reason, because of idiocy, imbecility, lunacy, or insanity, as not to know the nature of his act, or that it... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1915 - 1466 Seiten
...criminal liability except upon proof that at the time "he was laboring under such defect of reason as: 1, not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or 2, not to know thnt the act was wrong." Penal Law, § 1120. See 1914. OCT. § 34. The inmates of lunatic asylums are... | |
 | 1911 - 874 Seiten
...incapable of understanding the proceeding or making his defense. A person is not excused from criminal liability as an idiot, imbecile, lunatic or insane person, except upon proof that, at the time of the alleged criminal act, he was laboring under such a defect of reason as either, 1. Not to know the... | |
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