THE PLEA OF INSANITY.

Evening Star, Issue 4222, 7 September 1876, Page 4

THE PLEA OF INSANITY.

At a murder trial in Memphis, wherein an attempt to establish insanity WAS made on the part of the defence, Hr J. K. Allen was called as an expert, and testified thus briefly and rationally :—“ I have been a practising physician for nearly thirty years. * have had some experience in cases of insanity, having been for nearly ten years medical superintendent of the Ken-tucky-oLunatio Asylum, and during that time had over 2,000 crazy people tinder my charge. I have heard the .hypothetical case read by Mr Phelan. .IJtin here as an expert, and before answering the question would like to say that the more I studied the question of inpjap|ty the less I understand it; and if you r ask me where it begins and where it ends, neither I nor any physician in the world could tell you; in fact, on occasions like this, lawyers make fools of -themselves in trying to intake asses of doctors.” The frankest professional testimony ever given in , Opart.

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