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The Plea of Insanity in Cases of Murder. The Case of Tierney

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

D. Yellowlees*
Affiliation:
Physician Superintendent Glasgow Royal Asylum

Extract

The following case occurred at the Glasgow Circuit Court, in September, 1875, and seems well worthy of record in the “Journal of Mental Science.” It is especially important, as showing that the Crown, disregarding the formal definitions of the Judges, has practically recognised that insanity, like other diseases, varies greatly in degree, that it may modify without destroying legal responsibility, and that it may mitigate without annulling the penalty due to crime.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1876 

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