184 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:152 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,If the defendant committed the act, let him say so and face the consequences. It was a voluntary act on his part, and he committed it with full knowledge that…
183 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELL. 151It is a mistake to suppose that the culprit is the only one interested in the outcome; and upon mere conjectures or mistaken sympathy, to turn him loose upon society, encouraged…
179 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELL. 147I will comment upon this at considerable length and provide a variety of instances from which it appears that in nineteen out of twenty cases, the victim of the monomaniac is…
176 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:144 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSThe case involved the murder of one Chisuall. It appeared in evidence that the prisoner labored under the notion that the inhabitants of the town of Hadleigh, of whom Chisuall…
177 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORBRELL. 145He does or says nothing without reason. Prolonged disease and extreme old age contribute largely to this species of insanity. Ray says, "The mind passes gradually from its sound and natural…
178 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:146 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.In cases of monomania, it is often observed that the individual acts without a clear motive, or if a motive is assigned, it is connected with their delusion.Numerous instances are…
180 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:148 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The defense was based on the ground of absent witnesses by whom the defendant expected to prove that he was insane.I shall not contend that all of these tests are…
175 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELL. 143Mania is a form of insanity characterized by a general derangement of the mental faculties, accompanied by varying degrees of excitement, sometimes escalating to violent fury. It arises from a morbid…
174 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:142 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.A medical expert who has treated epilepsy very frequently states that a long attack with short intervals will result in loss of memory and the power to reason, and the…
173 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELL. 141How admirably does the author's description of feigned epilepsy apply to the case of the prisoner at the bar. Has a single instance of personal injury been sustained in any of…
172 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:140 2. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSDr. Worrell reported that his son had another attack in the same year at Winchester, Kentucky. The doctor was stationed there temporarily as a teacher. His son slept with some…
171 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELL, 139He found him in the condition stated by the aunt; he was raving and tearing and kicking up his heels, and looked wild and made strange gestures. They succeeded in getting…
170 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:138 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSThe next proposition submitted by the counsel was that the mind of the prisoner had been seriously impaired by epilepsy.Epilepsy is a disease that manifests in various degrees. In its…
167 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELL. 185A witness stated that he had frequently drunk with the prisoner in his room and had seen him in the saddle. What can be inferred from this, except the fact that…
169 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELL. 137Gentlemen, I am through with the depositions, though it will be necessary to call your attention to some parts of them upon other branches of the subject.I wish now, gentlemen of…
168 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:136 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.James Dunn, in his deposition, has volunteered an opinion as to the insanity of the defendant. He met him in Baltimore in February last, in the office of Mr. Raisin,…
163 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELL. 181Evidence had been found that the deceased's dental work, made by a dentist in Boston, was in the furnace; both of which helped to identify the body and connect the prisoner…
164 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:132 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Sergeant Clark states that the duty of a sentinel is regulated by his orders, and that he will always permit one of his own regiment to pass, if satisfied of…
166 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:184 AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.In a society where profanity is not considered a crime, I should suppose such scenes were quite common. Any person discovering a quarrel at his door would be likely to resort…
165 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELL. 183The defendant approached the Secretary of War for his discharge. The witness told him that he thought it would be a hopeless undertaking, whereupon the defendant said, "that there was no…
159 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELLOn the contrary, others considered him quite shrewd in a trade. Hutchinson saw nothing unusual in his conduct; he appeared perfectly rational and behaved as travelers usually do.Major Wright thinks that, upon…
160 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:128 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Louis; and while in Vincennes, he attended a ball. It occurs to me there is nothing remarkable in this. He knew that no suspicion of Gordon's fate would likely be…
161 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELL, 1899It would convert the whole of New England into a lunatic asylum. I observe sitting on my left my old and much-esteemed friend, Major Robertson, with whom you are all well…
162 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:130 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.I am not acquainted with either Wentz or Couzins. Wentz, it is true, consulted with one or two lawyers in Dover, but there is nothing to show that they communicated…
154 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:122 XY. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The Supreme Court of Missouri has stated the same principle in the cases of *State v. Dunn*, 18 Mo. 419, and *State v. Jennings*, 18 Mo. 435.Gentlemen of the jury,…
156 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:124 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.If a killing is premeditated, it constitutes murder in the first degree. For example, if one person, without uttering a word, strikes another on the head with an axe, this…
155 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELL. 123In the case of the State v. Bower, 5 Mo. 364, the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, with malice inferred from the character of the weapon and…
158 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:126 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Is there any other principle than that of alienation of mind? I gave the gentleman's argument my closest attention, and far from satisfying my mind of the truth of his…
157 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELL. 125Where the office of the company is located, the prisoner might, and probably did, suppose that he had a large amount of money in his possession.I might also allude to the…
151 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:EDWARD D. WORRELL. 119In any arson, rape, robbery, burglary, or other felony, the first and second class express malice is essential and forms a necessary ingredient in the offense, while in the third class…