Insanity and crime : a medico-legal commentary on the case of George Victor Townley / by the editors of the Journal of Mental Science.

Date:
1864
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Credit: Insanity and crime : a medico-legal commentary on the case of George Victor Townley / by the editors of the Journal of Mental Science. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    INSANITY AND CRIME: MEDICO-LEGAL COMMENTARY ON THE CASE OF GEORGE VICTOR T0WJ^j3^. THE EDITORS OF THE JOURNAL OE MENTAL SCIENCE. ' It continually happens in this country, where our legal system is the growth of ages, perfections are naturally to be found which are patiently endured until some event occurs ich places its defects so flagrantly before us that we set ourselves at once to the duty of cedying them.—The Lord Chancbllok: Speech on the Mrst Beading of the Lunacy nlation Bill in tie House of Lords, February 27, 1862. LONDON: JOHN CHURCHILL AND SONS, NEW BURLINGTON STIIEET. MDCCCLXIV.