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The Case of Cole, and the Legal Procedure in ascertaining the Mental Condition of Prisoners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

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Occasional Notes of the Quarter
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1884

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“That prisoners suspected of being mentally deranged should be examined by competent medical men as soon after the commission of the crime with which they are charged as possible, and that the examination should be provided for by the Treasury, in a manner similar to that in which counsel for the prosecution is provided. It is suggested that the examiners should be the medical officer of the prison, the medical officer of the County Asylum or Hospital for the Insane in the neighbourhood, and a medical practitioner of standing in the town where the prison is situated; that the three medical men shall, after consulting together, draw up a joint report, to be given to the prosecuting counsel, the cost being borne by the public purse, inasmuch as it is useless to tell an insane man that the burden of proving himself insane lies upon himself.” (See Journal, Oct., 1883, p. 451).Google Scholar

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