Corbin v. State

. Buford, J.

The plaintiff in error was convicted in the. Circuit- Court of Washington County for the offense of grand larceny. His defense was that he was not guilty because he was an insane person and was not mentally competent to realize the character and consequences of the act which he committed.

At the close of the evidence the accuser, through his counsel, requested the court to give to the jury the following instruction :

“I further charge you, gentlemen of the jury, as to the said defendant, Henry Corbin, that if, prior to the time of the commission of the alleged offense, if such an…