State v. Parks
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions by Dependant. Tbe defendant, who was indicted for the murder of Mary Tarlton at Kittery, on January 23, 1899, was found guilty by a jury trial at the following term in York county.
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On Exceptions by Dependant. Tbe defendant, who was indicted for the murder of Mary Tarlton at Kittery, on January 23, 1899, was found guilty by a jury trial at the following term in York county. At the trial the defendant offered evidence tending to show that at the time of the killing of deceased, and before, be had a mental disease called inebriety; that said mental disease manifested itself and was characterized by an uncontrollable, overwhelming craving for intoxicating liquors; that he drank liquor on the day of the killing and while he had such mental disease and in consequence of it;…
1Opinion of the CourtFogler, J.
The instruction of the presiding justice, to which the respondent excepts, is in accordance with the law laid down by this Court in State v. Lawrence, 57 Maine, 574.
We re-affirm the decision in that case, believing it to be sound in principle, and supported by the weight of authority in this country.
Exceptions overruled. Judgment for State.
2Cited by3 opinions
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- State v. ClarkWashington Supreme Court · 1904
- State v. TurnerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1927