State v. Lawrence
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions. Indictment por murder. It appeared, on the part of the government, that Elmira Atwood had been living at the house of one Mrs. Marsh, on Hammond street, Bangor, some four weeks prior to the murder ; that the defendant, Lawrence, went there more or less; that on Saturday» January 1, 1870, he went there considerably intoxicated, conversed with Elmira Atwood, and called her by an opprobrious epithet, she answering, that if he called her that, she would make him…
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On Exceptions. Indictment por murder. It appeared, on the part of the government, that Elmira Atwood had been living at the house of one Mrs. Marsh, on Hammond street, Bangor, some four weeks prior to the murder ; that the defendant, Lawrence, went there more or less; that on Saturday» January 1, 1870, he went there considerably intoxicated, conversed with Elmira Atwood, and called her by an opprobrious epithet, she answering, that if he called her that, she would make him prove it, whereupon he went away without any reconciliation taking place between them at that time; that on the next…
1Opinion of the CourtDanforth, J.
The instructions and refusals to instruct, in relation to the responsibility of the insane, complained of in the first exception, are in strict conformity to the most approved judicial authorities. United States v. Holmes, 1 Clifford, 117; Commonwealth v. Rogers, 7 Met. 500, and cases cited. It is possible that the increased knowledge of the nature and effects of insanity, may, in appropriate cases, require instructions more in harmony with the requests in this case. But, however this may be, a careful examination of the testimony, which is reported in full, shows that this is not one of…
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