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REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94.
[APP.
CUTTACK
LUNATIC
ASYLUM.
(SUPERINTENDENT
DR.
ZORAB).
Hemp
Drug
case admitted
in
1892.
Name, race, occupation,
district, age, and register
number of lunatic.
Alleged
cause of
insanity.
(Statement
VII.)
Type of insa-
nity. (State-
ment VI.)
State of
health on
admission.
Facts ascertained from the papers.
Asylum history and facts ascertained from
the registers and by inquiry from
the Superintendent, etc
Name, race, occupation,
district, age, and register
number of lunatic.
Alleged
cause of
insanity.
(Statement
VII.)
Type of insa-
nity. (State-
ment VI.)
State of
health on
admission.
Facts ascertained from the papers.
Asylum history and facts ascertained from
the registers and by inquiry from
the Superintendent, etc
Name, race, occupation,
district, age, and register
number of lunatic.
Alleged
cause of
insanity.
(Statement
VII.)
Type of insa-
nity. (State-
ment VI.)
State of
health on
admission.
Facts ascertained from the papers.
Asylum history and facts ascertained from
the registers and by inquiry from
the Superintendent, etc
Name, race, occupation,
district, age, and register
number of lunatic.
Alleged
cause of
insanity.
(Statement
VII.)
Type of insa-
nity. (State-
ment VI.)
State of
health on
admission.
Facts ascertained from the papers.
Asylum history and facts ascertained from
the registers and by inquiry from
the Superintendent, etc
Name, race, occupation,
district, age, and register
number of lunatic.
Alleged
cause of
insanity.
(Statement
VII.)
Type of insa-
nity. (State-
ment VI.)
State of
health on
admission.
Facts ascertained from the papers.
Asylum history and facts ascertained from
the registers and by inquiry from
the Superintendent, etc
Bira Das;
Hindu;
Peon; Balasore; 41;
No. 351.
Ganja..
Mania ...
This is a criminal lunatic.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
Bira Das;
Hindu;
Peon; Balasore; 41;
No. 351.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
Bira Das;
Hindu;
Peon; Balasore; 41;
No. 351.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
The case book shows that
this
man was
admitted in
March
1879. In April of that year there
is this entry:
"States that
a
Bairagi gave him ganja to drink
and that he called him a second
time, but because he did not go
he
made
him
insane."
For
years there are entries showing
"irritability,"
"disposition
un-
certain," "sullen," and that the
man has delusions of visions of
Jaganath and visits of evil spirits.
He was declared fit to take his
trial in the beginning of 1892
and re-admitted
after trial on
6th May 1892.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
His state remained much the same
until 14th December 1893, when
the visitors declared that he was
"recovered"
and
must
be
"brought
under
provisions of
paragraph 3 of Rules
'A,
Re-
covered Criminal Lunatics,'
i.e.,
a period of four years should be
spent in an Asylum before action
is taken."
It may be remarked
that this rule only applies to cases
where "the alleged cause is not
ganja or other intoxicant."
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
His state remained much the same
until 14th December 1893, when
the visitors declared that he was
"recovered"
and
must
be
"brought
under
provisions of
paragraph 3 of Rules
'A,
Re-
covered Criminal Lunatics,'
i.e.,
a period of four years should be
spent in an Asylum before action
is taken."
It may be remarked
that this rule only applies to cases
where "the alleged cause is not
ganja or other intoxicant."
The Civil Surgeon of
Balasore
(Dr. Zorab) was examined before
the Court on 10th February 1879.
He said he had had Bira
Das
under observation and consider-
ed him of unsound mind and
incapable of making his defence.
The Descriptive
Roll
shows the
duration of the attack as "about
five months;" that "one of the
ancestors of the lunatic was in-
sane;" that the lunatic is not
addicted to ganja or any intoxi-
cant; that the cause is "heredi-
tary;" and that he had "kill-
ed his mistress Hira by repeated
blows on the head with a heavy
salwood
faggot."
He had
no
history of epilepsy.
His state remained much the same
until 14th December 1893, when
the visitors declared that he was
"recovered"
and
must
be
"brought
under
provisions of
paragraph 3 of Rules
'A,
Re-
covered Criminal Lunatics,'
i.e.,
a period of four years should be
spent in an Asylum before action
is taken."
It may be remarked
that this rule only applies to cases
where "the alleged cause is not
ganja or other intoxicant."
His state remained much the same
until 14th December 1893, when
the visitors declared that he was
"recovered"
and
must
be
"brought
under
provisions of
paragraph 3 of Rules
'A,
Re-
covered Criminal Lunatics,'
i.e.,
a period of four years should be
spent in an Asylum before action
is taken."
It may be remarked
that this rule only applies to cases
where "the alleged cause is not
ganja or other intoxicant."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
His state remained much the same
until 14th December 1893, when
the visitors declared that he was
"recovered"
and
must
be
"brought
under
provisions of
paragraph 3 of Rules
'A,
Re-
covered Criminal Lunatics,'
i.e.,
a period of four years should be
spent in an Asylum before action
is taken."
It may be remarked
that this rule only applies to cases
where "the alleged cause is not
ganja or other intoxicant."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
His state remained much the same
until 14th December 1893, when
the visitors declared that he was
"recovered"
and
must
be
"brought
under
provisions of
paragraph 3 of Rules
'A,
Re-
covered Criminal Lunatics,'
i.e.,
a period of four years should be
spent in an Asylum before action
is taken."
It may be remarked
that this rule only applies to cases
where "the alleged cause is not
ganja or other intoxicant."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
His state remained much the same
until 14th December 1893, when
the visitors declared that he was
"recovered"
and
must
be
"brought
under
provisions of
paragraph 3 of Rules
'A,
Re-
covered Criminal Lunatics,'
i.e.,
a period of four years should be
spent in an Asylum before action
is taken."
It may be remarked
that this rule only applies to cases
where "the alleged cause is not
ganja or other intoxicant."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
His state remained much the same
until 14th December 1893, when
the visitors declared that he was
"recovered"
and
must
be
"brought
under
provisions of
paragraph 3 of Rules
'A,
Re-
covered Criminal Lunatics,'
i.e.,
a period of four years should be
spent in an Asylum before action
is taken."
It may be remarked
that this rule only applies to cases
where "the alleged cause is not
ganja or other intoxicant."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
His state remained much the same
until 14th December 1893, when
the visitors declared that he was
"recovered"
and
must
be
"brought
under
provisions of
paragraph 3 of Rules
'A,
Re-
covered Criminal Lunatics,'
i.e.,
a period of four years should be
spent in an Asylum before action
is taken."
It may be remarked
that this rule only applies to cases
where "the alleged cause is not
ganja or other intoxicant."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
His state remained much the same
until 14th December 1893, when
the visitors declared that he was
"recovered"
and
must
be
"brought
under
provisions of
paragraph 3 of Rules
'A,
Re-
covered Criminal Lunatics,'
i.e.,
a period of four years should be
spent in an Asylum before action
is taken."
It may be remarked
that this rule only applies to cases
where "the alleged cause is not
ganja or other intoxicant."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
His state remained much the same
until 14th December 1893, when
the visitors declared that he was
"recovered"
and
must
be
"brought
under
provisions of
paragraph 3 of Rules
'A,
Re-
covered Criminal Lunatics,'
i.e.,
a period of four years should be
spent in an Asylum before action
is taken."
It may be remarked
that this rule only applies to cases
where "the alleged cause is not
ganja or other intoxicant."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
His state remained much the same
until 14th December 1893, when
the visitors declared that he was
"recovered"
and
must
be
"brought
under
provisions of
paragraph 3 of Rules
'A,
Re-
covered Criminal Lunatics,'
i.e.,
a period of four years should be
spent in an Asylum before action
is taken."
It may be remarked
that this rule only applies to cases
where "the alleged cause is not
ganja or other intoxicant."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
His state remained much the same
until 14th December 1893, when
the visitors declared that he was
"recovered"
and
must
be
"brought
under
provisions of
paragraph 3 of Rules
'A,
Re-
covered Criminal Lunatics,'
i.e.,
a period of four years should be
spent in an Asylum before action
is taken."
It may be remarked
that this rule only applies to cases
where "the alleged cause is not
ganja or other intoxicant."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The registers show that the type
was shown as "mania"
from
1879 to 1887, as "toxic insanity"
in 1888 and 1889, and again as
"mania" from 1890 to 1894; and
that the cause is blank from 1879
to
1886 and
shown
as gania
from
1887 to
1894.
There
is
nothing
to
show
why
ganja
was entered in 1887.
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The registers show that the type
was shown as "mania"
from
1879 to 1887, as "toxic insanity"
in 1888 and 1889, and again as
"mania" from 1890 to 1894; and
that the cause is blank from 1879
to
1886 and
shown
as gania
from
1887 to
1894.
There
is
nothing
to
show
why
ganja
was entered in 1887.
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The registers show that the type
was shown as "mania"
from
1879 to 1887, as "toxic insanity"
in 1888 and 1889, and again as
"mania" from 1890 to 1894; and
that the cause is blank from 1879
to
1886 and
shown
as gania
from
1887 to
1894.
There
is
nothing
to
show
why
ganja
was entered in 1887.
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The registers show that the type
was shown as "mania"
from
1879 to 1887, as "toxic insanity"
in 1888 and 1889, and again as
"mania" from 1890 to 1894; and
that the cause is blank from 1879
to
1886 and
shown
as gania
from
1887 to
1894.
There
is
nothing
to
show
why
ganja
was entered in 1887.
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The registers show that the type
was shown as "mania"
from
1879 to 1887, as "toxic insanity"
in 1888 and 1889, and again as
"mania" from 1890 to 1894; and
that the cause is blank from 1879
to
1886 and
shown
as gania
from
1887 to
1894.
There
is
nothing
to
show
why
ganja
was entered in 1887.
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The registers show that the type
was shown as "mania"
from
1879 to 1887, as "toxic insanity"
in 1888 and 1889, and again as
"mania" from 1890 to 1894; and
that the cause is blank from 1879
to
1886 and
shown
as gania
from
1887 to
1894.
There
is
nothing
to
show
why
ganja
was entered in 1887.
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The registers show that the type
was shown as "mania"
from
1879 to 1887, as "toxic insanity"
in 1888 and 1889, and again as
"mania" from 1890 to 1894; and
that the cause is blank from 1879
to
1886 and
shown
as gania
from
1887 to
1894.
There
is
nothing
to
show
why
ganja
was entered in 1887.
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The registers show that the type
was shown as "mania"
from
1879 to 1887, as "toxic insanity"
in 1888 and 1889, and again as
"mania" from 1890 to 1894; and
that the cause is blank from 1879
to
1886 and
shown
as gania
from
1887 to
1894.
There
is
nothing
to
show
why
ganja
was entered in 1887.
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The registers show that the type
was shown as "mania"
from
1879 to 1887, as "toxic insanity"
in 1888 and 1889, and again as
"mania" from 1890 to 1894; and
that the cause is blank from 1879
to
1886 and
shown
as gania
from
1887 to
1894.
There
is
nothing
to
show
why
ganja
was entered in 1887.
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The registers show that the type
was shown as "mania"
from
1879 to 1887, as "toxic insanity"
in 1888 and 1889, and again as
"mania" from 1890 to 1894; and
that the cause is blank from 1879
to
1886 and
shown
as gania
from
1887 to
1894.
There
is
nothing
to
show
why
ganja
was entered in 1887.
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man was admitted into the
asylum in March 1879 accord-
ingly.
He was discharged
to
stand his trial on 12th February
1892, and re-admitted on 6th
May 1892. The papers then re-
ceived with
him
include
the
judgment
of
Mr.
Cornish,
"Assistant Superintendent, Tri-
butary
Mahals."
The
judg-
ment says: "In January last he
(the
prisoner)
was
"declared
capable of making his defence.
Proceedings against him were
therefore resumed.
Such evid-
ence as was procurable has been
recorded; and a formal charge
of murder has been drawn up.
The accused pleads insanity and
oblivion of what occurred.
The
act itself was scarcely that of a
sane man.
There is evidence to
show that he has previously been
obliged to leave the Raja's ser-
vice on account of insanity.
One
at least of the witnesses who saw
him a few hours after the murder
considered him then insane.
He
has been detained in a Lunatic
Asylum for some thirteen years.
The
presumption
therefore
is
almost irresistible that when kill-
ing Hira he was incapable of
knowing the nature of the act."
There is nothing in the judgment
as to the cause of
insanity.
There is no reference to ganja.
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
The man, who is now sane, depos-
ed before us as follows:
"My
father was not insane, but
my
grandfather
was.
I
received
ganja from a Bairagi and smoked
it twice, morning and evening, for
three of four days.
I had never
smoked ganja before.
It made
me senseless, and I forgot every-
thing and killed Hira.
I had left
the Raja's service before I
met
the Bairagi.
I had left the ser-
vice because I was mad.
Sun-
stroke and other things had de-
stroyed my head and made me
senseless, so I left.
It was after
that I met the Bairagi who gave
me the ganja.
It was a month or
fortnight after leaving the
Raja
through madness that I met the
Bairagi.
I had not tasted ganja
before I became mad first."
Dr. Zorab is of opinion that ganja
has no connection with the insani-
ty in this case.
This
was his
opinion when he first saw the case
as Civil Surgeon of Balasore;
and he has seen no cause in the
subsequent history of the case to
change his opinion.
Dr. Zorab is of opinion that ganja
has no connection with the insani-
ty in this case.
This
was his
opinion when he first saw the case
as Civil Surgeon of Balasore;
and he has seen no cause in the
subsequent history of the case to
change his opinion.
Dr. Zorab is of opinion that ganja
has no connection with the insani-
ty in this case.
This
was his
opinion when he first saw the case
as Civil Surgeon of Balasore;
and he has seen no cause in the
subsequent history of the case to
change his opinion.
Dr. Zorab is of opinion that ganja
has no connection with the insani-
ty in this case.
This
was his
opinion when he first saw the case
as Civil Surgeon of Balasore;
and he has seen no cause in the
subsequent history of the case to
change his opinion.
Dr. Zorab is of opinion that ganja
has no connection with the insani-
ty in this case.
This
was his
opinion when he first saw the case
as Civil Surgeon of Balasore;
and he has seen no cause in the
subsequent history of the case to
change his opinion.
Dr. Zorab is of opinion that ganja
has no connection with the insani-
ty in this case.
This
was his
opinion when he first saw the case
as Civil Surgeon of Balasore;
and he has seen no cause in the
subsequent history of the case to
change his opinion.
Dr. Zorab is of opinion that ganja
has no connection with the insani-
ty in this case.
This
was his
opinion when he first saw the case
as Civil Surgeon of Balasore;
and he has seen no cause in the
subsequent history of the case to
change his opinion.
Dr. Zorab is of opinion that ganja
has no connection with the insani-
ty in this case.
This
was his
opinion when he first saw the case
as Civil Surgeon of Balasore;
and he has seen no cause in the
subsequent history of the case to
change his opinion.
NOTE.—The total number of admissions to this asylum in 1892 was:—
Criminal
Males
Females
3
Non-criminal
Males
Females
TOTAL
3
Of these, one case,—(the above) was attributed to ganja smoking In Statement VII; but no case was shown under Toxic insanity in Statement VI.
28th
February
1894.