Arnold's Case
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1724 |
| Court | State Trial Proceedings |
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4 cases
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R v Sullivan (Patrick Joseph)
... ... 3 At the close of the defendant's case, the trial judge, his Honour Judge Lymbery, ruled that the defence put forward was one of "automatism by reason of insanity rather than automatism ... ...
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R (Surat Singh) v Stratford Magistrates Court
...to acquittal is another matter. 15 Insanity was recognised as a defence long before any statutory intervention. Two early examples are Arnold's Case (1724) 16 St Tr 695, where the defendant shot Lord Onslow and alleged (unsuccessfully in the end) that he was mad at the time, and Hadfield's ......
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Aline Loake v Crown Prosecution Service
...1(1)(b). The Defence of Insanity 17 Insanity is a common law defence to a criminal charge. Two early examples are Arnold'sCase (1724) 16 State Tr 695, where the defendant shot Lord Onslow and alleged (unsuccessfully in the end) that he was insane at the time, and Hadfield'sCase (1800) 27 St......
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Doyle v Wicklow County Council
...(1885) 15 Q.B.D. 368. 41 [1915] 2 I.R. 85. 42 [1936] I.R. 263. 43 [1967] 1 Q.B. 175. 44 See p. 58, ante. 45 [1928] I.R. 238, 242. 46 (1724) 16 St. Tr. 695, 765. 47 (1800) 27 St. Tr. 1281. 48 (1843) 10 Cl. & F. 200. 49 [1963] I.R. 263, 268. 50 (1800) 27 St. Tr. 1281. 51 (1843) 10 Cl. & F. 20......
3 books & journal articles
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Book Review
...1972) (Bazelon, J., dissenting and concurring). 40. Fingarette and Hasse, supra note 7, at 208, 230-31. 41. See, e.g., Rex v. Arnold, 16 How. St. Tr. 695 (1724). 42. See note 12 supra. 43. Fingarette and Hasse, supra note 7, at 203....
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Changing Madness to Badness
...A Moral,Philosophical, and Legal Dilemma’ 99 Mil L Rev 1 (1983) at 25; from which I takethe other data on this case.12 Arnold’s Case 16 How St Tr 695 (1724) at 764.13 Hadfield’s Case 27 How St Tr 1282 (1800) at 1312.The Journal of Criminal Law340 ...
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What The Doctor Ordered: Revisiting The Relationship Between Psychiatry And The Law In The UK And Ireland
...was known as the Arnold test, which provided that the defendant ‘must be a man that is totally deprived of his understanding and memory’ (16 St Tr 695, at 764). McAuley (n 9) 38(1843) 10 Cl and FIN 200. According to the M’Naghten Rules it must be established that cognitive incapacity, ‘defe......