A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1883 - Evidence (Law) |
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... John r . Currie 11 e 583 Johns v . Dodsworth 277 115 v . Marsh 454 v . Stevens 539 186 265 , 644 v . Alston 142 133 v . Brailsford 681 665 v . Brown 417 , 421 40 , 55 , 579 v . Browning 450 , 457 39 v . Concord R. R. Co. 222 85 v ...
... John r . Currie 11 e 583 Johns v . Dodsworth 277 115 v . Marsh 454 v . Stevens 539 186 265 , 644 v . Alston 142 133 v . Brailsford 681 665 v . Brown 417 , 421 40 , 55 , 579 v . Browning 450 , 457 39 v . Concord R. R. Co. 222 85 v ...
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... John v . Currie , 6 C. & P. 618 . 6 Bye v . Bower , 1 Car . & Marshm . 262. In the United States , amendments in these ... Johns . Cas . 219 ; Danielson v . Andrews , 1 Pick . 156. And see Tomilson v . Blacksmith , 7 T. R. 132 . 8 Ivey v ...
... John v . Currie , 6 C. & P. 618 . 6 Bye v . Bower , 1 Car . & Marshm . 262. In the United States , amendments in these ... Johns . Cas . 219 ; Danielson v . Andrews , 1 Pick . 156. And see Tomilson v . Blacksmith , 7 T. R. 132 . 8 Ivey v ...
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... Johns . 49 . 5 Cull v . Sarmin , 3 Lev . 66 ; Waugh v . Bussell , 5 Taunt . 707. The omission of the word " sterling , " as descriptive of the kind of currency , is immaterial . Kearney v . King , 2 B. & Ald . 301 . 6 Stephen on Pl ...
... Johns . 49 . 5 Cull v . Sarmin , 3 Lev . 66 ; Waugh v . Bussell , 5 Taunt . 707. The omission of the word " sterling , " as descriptive of the kind of currency , is immaterial . Kearney v . King , 2 B. & Ald . 301 . 6 Stephen on Pl ...
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... Johns . 72 . 2 Stat . United States , July 6 , 1798 ( c . 75 ) ; Clark v . Morey , 10 Johns . 69 , 72 ; Bagwell v . Babe , 1 Rand . 272 ; Russell v . Skipwith , 6 Binn . 241 . Jackson on Pleading in Real Actions , pp . 62 , 65 ; Smith v ...
... Johns . 72 . 2 Stat . United States , July 6 , 1798 ( c . 75 ) ; Clark v . Morey , 10 Johns . 69 , 72 ; Bagwell v . Babe , 1 Rand . 272 ; Russell v . Skipwith , 6 Binn . 241 . Jackson on Pleading in Real Actions , pp . 62 , 65 ; Smith v ...
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... Johns . 391 , 392 ; Seymour v . Min- turn , 17 Johns . 169 ; Bateman v . Daniels , 4 Blackf . 71. But payment and accep- tance of the principal sum in full , without interest , is sufficient . Johnston v . Brannan , 5 Johns . 271. See ...
... Johns . 391 , 392 ; Seymour v . Min- turn , 17 Johns . 169 ; Bateman v . Daniels , 4 Blackf . 71. But payment and accep- tance of the principal sum in full , without interest , is sufficient . Johnston v . Brannan , 5 Johns . 271. See ...
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Page 358 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, 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.
Page 357 - Can a medical man, conversant with the disease of insanity, who never saw the prisoner previously to the trial, but who was present during the whole trial and the examination of all the witnesses, be asked his opinion as to the state of the prisoner's mind at the time of the commission of the alleged crime ? or his opinion whether the prisoner was conscious at the time of doing the act, that he was acting contrary to law, or whether he was laboring under any and what delusion at the time?
Page 356 - The mode of putting the latter part of the question to the jury on these occasions has generally been whether the accused at the time of doing the act knew the difference between right and wrong...
Page 357 - ... (notwithstanding the party accused did the act complained of with a view, under the influence of insane delusion, of redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit) he is nevertheless punishable, according to the nature of the crime committed, if he knew, at the time of committing such crime, that he was acting contrary to law; by which expression we understand your Lordships to mean the law of the land.
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Page 357 - What are the proper questions to be submitted to the jury, where a person alleged to be afflicted with insane delusion respecting one or more particular subjects or persons, is charged with the commission of a crime (murder, for example), and insanity is set up as a defence?" And, thirdly, "In what terms ought the question to be left to the jury as to the prisoner's state of mind at the time when the act was committed?
Page 354 - A man is not to be excused from responsibility, if he has capacity and reason sufficient to enable him to distinguish between right and wrong as to the particular act he is then doing; a knowledge and consciousness that the act he is doing is wrong and criminal, and will subject him to punishment.
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