R v Coroner de-

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date01 January 1724
Date01 January 1724
CourtCourt of the King's Bench

English Reports Citation: 90 E.R. 307

IN THE COURT OF KINGS BENCH AT WESTMINSTER.

Rex
and
Coroner de-

rex versus coroner de Felo de se compos mentis. A melius inquirendum was granted upon an affidavit, that no insanity of mind was given in evidence before the coroner's inquest, who, notwithstanding, found the person dead, [3] non compos. C. J. It is a vulgar error, that none of sane mind can he felo de se, and that whosoever kills himself, must be non compos. For if he be compos as to other acts, that sole act shall not denominate him non compos. Those that come in upon a habeas corpus or attachment must plead the same term, without imparlance, giving the ordinary rules, which are eight days. Per Aston. Recognizance taken before a justice of peace, and forfeited there, and after removed hither, we cannot estreat it; and by this means the recognizance may be vacated. Per Lord C. J. Jones. The plaintiff having notice that a motion would be made against him in arrest of judgment, (after a verdict) because the distringas...

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