CRIMES OF THE INSANE
NEW FORM OF VERDICT.
(UNITED PREBS ASSOCIATION. COPYRIGHT.)
(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 20th' November.
The "Daily Express" understands that a new form of murder trial verdict will bo recommended by the Lord Chancellor's Committee appointed to consider the question of insanity in crime. It is proposed that juries shall have power to return a verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity, instead of tho old form guilty, but insane. It is aifo recommended that full legal recognition should be given to the mental condition recognised in the medical profession as uncontrollable impulse. Such a plea if accepted by a jury would, in the opinion of the committee, justify a verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 124, 22 November 1923, Page 7
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125CRIMES OF THE INSANE Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 124, 22 November 1923, Page 7
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