A Manual of medical jurisprudenceLea Bros. & Company, 1892 - 790 pages |
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... give rise to medico - legal questions are always more or less connected with the prac- tice of medicine and surgery . Thus before any inquiry is instituted by a magistrate or coroner , and before any suspicious circumstances have come ...
... give rise to medico - legal questions are always more or less connected with the prac- tice of medicine and surgery . Thus before any inquiry is instituted by a magistrate or coroner , and before any suspicious circumstances have come ...
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... give any value to the two last - mentioned characters , it i for the practitioner to observe the nature of the floor on whic is lying , whether the body is clothed or naked , young or emaciated . These conditions create a difference ...
... give any value to the two last - mentioned characters , it i for the practitioner to observe the nature of the floor on whic is lying , whether the body is clothed or naked , young or emaciated . These conditions create a difference ...
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... give a reasonable explanation of any altera- tions or interlineations which may appear in his original notes . So in reference to all other written memoranda connected with the case , as , for example , the medicines prescribed for the ...
... give a reasonable explanation of any altera- tions or interlineations which may appear in his original notes . So in reference to all other written memoranda connected with the case , as , for example , the medicines prescribed for the ...
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... give two different accounts of the same transaction , is not to be on either . [ Dying declarations may be defined as statements of material f cerning the cause and circumstances of homicide , made by th under the solemn belief of ...
... give two different accounts of the same transaction , is not to be on either . [ Dying declarations may be defined as statements of material f cerning the cause and circumstances of homicide , made by th under the solemn belief of ...
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... give his evidence guardedly , and with a due consideration to the serious results to which it may ultimately lead . The Coroners ' Act , 1887 ( 50 and 51 Viet . e . ¡ 1 , s . 1 ) , directs that " where a coroner is informed that the ...
... give his evidence guardedly , and with a due consideration to the serious results to which it may ultimately lead . The Coroners ' Act , 1887 ( 50 and 51 Viet . e . ¡ 1 , s . 1 ) , directs that " where a coroner is informed that the ...
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Page 725 - ... must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility as if the facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real.
Page 725 - If his delusion was that the deceased had inflicted a serious injury to his character and fortune, and he killed him in revenge for such supposed injury, he would be liable to punishment.
Page 725 - ... the jurors ought to be told in all cases that every man is to be presumed to be sane, and to possess a sufficient degree of reason to be responsible for his crimes, until the contrary be proved to their satisfaction; and that to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of...
Page 725 - ... 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 526 - ... whosoever, with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, whether she be or be not with child, shall unlawfully administer to her or cause to be taken by her any poison or other noxious thing, or shall unlawfully use any instrument or other means whatsoever with the like intent, shall be guilty of felony...
Page 725 - If the question were to be put as to the knowledge of the accused, solely and exclusively with reference to the law of the land, it might tend to confound the jury, by inducing them to believe that an actual knowledge of the law of the land...
Page 725 - If the accused was conscious that the act was one which he ought not to do, and if that act was at the same time contrary to the law of the land, he is punishable.
Page 725 - ... 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; which mode, though rarely, if ever, leading to any mistake with the jury, is not...
Page 724 - What is the law respecting alleged crimes committed by persons afflicted with insane delusion in respect of one or more particular subjects or persons; as, for instance, where at the time of the commission of the alleged crime, the accused knew he was acting contrary to law, but did the act complained of with a view, under the influence of insane delusion, of redressing or avenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some supposed public benefit ?
Page 725 - 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?