New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-11
THE MCFARLAND TRIAL.
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Sred Sy that motive in connection with the evidence
thee give OF his insanity Now want TO read you few
words on that subject of alterations IN conducting
change from what he vas before TO what he Is now
aT6 which IN. Vance says is good authority TINS man
BuckneD witness in case lately tried IN LONDON,
feet OF Investigation and with which the Prince OF "es
was connected De Iuekne Is g gentleman VINO man Of
great knowledge, who does not live In theories anu NM
S5 its paT 81 i9euSaton to its fullest development
Here Is a whose opinion Is worth sohieIlns' VIII
nov fsa n SYS character The Psy,,a
be careful snoe for i5oe wnn oersoa has
J.oone changed Sc therefore be an insane man so
1s us and caafsce the midst Of Io'perr and
So%e. pine oN s wesd0s other APPsre.
Than the niD1ee Of pg.9o 70 an, i'S @Ino ls import But
tr-disyoluou DID exist and heavy lose or s, ts Mace
without exciting no .Ides alan. on on, the ' .is
,c % Se baraeier Of individuals. their habits Of life
ghtesi suspicion Of nn iTf IN INSANE e N , uS
s CONVICTIONS She q his character unaersO
In the MD religions discipline without sgpreS
sues Of psislts or aay removed unieIso 1n
ySr.ge change q ees[' SS en,l siorler
sh s e c,sssso Of cisc,er also natural influence Of cir
,3T , e I Voa lave strong tendency develop particular char
1 clergyman acquired arbitrary and dcA;Orial h,b
~ o. scteI woaa have very different significance to that
Wild VOL the first had oeurrcd IL SEA captain and
Now gentlemen you see that these alterations in char
any cause originating in malice, desire for
II there is anything like reconciliation about them.
+bere is ANYTHING which looks though he desired 10
vent bis vengeance on aay particular ndlydua-tneh
Che alterations in tni' mans haat conouc Va
6ion aud manners cannot be attributed 70 INSANITY N0W;
gentlemen this matter OF delrum when mas DeeI the9
about by the other sac MEt rs bnt sI Of
tbs i1ercepted letter II is false conception Doctors
say il is false idea of things that don't exist ana now
can a man be insane except he has delus0n-uncss,
indeed he is raNing manacthe intellectual organs oi
the mind upset disruption of the faculties perfect
tempest in the braini That is one case Unless person
las delusion IN reference TO something when means
false idea with reference 10 or more given things,
how can man be insane 1t is impossible, unless
dc has dension or P,n6F aseE' Of 81 i 1per9
3ng that his wife vrtUouS, because they denounced
her without stint mercy AID say she an adueress
TS Sm Ts' head Trade Of abuse and Pcrseca
Spon which is uneaualed by ANYTHING that has ever
been heard court of justice, except perhaps, their
individuals whose names have been mentioned
,n connection with this case but who had nothing do
with producing this separation. There delusion
with gard 10 that They say he had delusion in re-
gard 10 his boy. Is there any deuson about matt 1t is
a fact. The boy with his mother and he knew IT,
Where them ask. the delusiOn this man labOred
under lie had none. He was engaged al one Summer in
and 18th OF November 1857 1868 in Boston, by
stipulation signed between these two parties which was
read your presence by which agreed he was to
Che litigation understood agreed on lTemedated de-
signed, Effected aud final IN It's results so lar as the
the matter stood and he knew it. Engaged all
the Summer getting together witnesses 70 TESTIFY
sion Of his children. Any dclusiOn about that
IL was true, there was false conception about 1t.
whole time during which this litigation was going on.
Any dcusOn with regard 10 thati What Is their other
was living man, walking up and down the earth. He
knew lie met him near ten times and whore was the
deusion as regards this man Richardson Suppose he
was guilty Of de1ng his wife suppose he was the Sc
duceT OF his wife the spoier of his home, and that he
Carried of bis boya facts no false conception about
them; true, every word of Il. SuppOsing for moment,
cher side OF the question true everything
gard
boy In gard TO Richardson, In regard to himself ana
versary says but should like know whore this de
fusion existed and IN what subject How was he was
led around by this delusi9-i SORT or WHO the-Wlsp
which has led him everywherc-wich false, untrue,
and had no real existence There was no delson III this
mans mind Everything was rear every thing was true
according TO the position my learned adversary
investigation has lasted But they say he ad no de.
lusOn had pcTversou Of the moral faculties. That
iF % csios az; 70 the City Of NewYork having case
against lawyer. who was indicted in the United states
no doubt Of the mans gut and the forgery was Of
peculiar character. He lived away down IN the County
Of steubeu in a remote country district An old pen
eioner who had SEQ year semiannuay, and for whom
he had been receiving the pension, died He con
ceiyed the idea after bs death, when the next semi
annual payment came around OF forging the od mans
name lie forged too me name OF o we peace,
Socket and he did that for period of i've or six years
Al Isl nv a more accident las Justice is always
ON the hot and, burning path for the man
dctment found against him, and that was
She case were 10 Try In the morning. when en-
tered the Court and the prisoner there in
0ured Of the Clerk who his counsel was and ne said Mr.
EnoxtOn Of Syracuse, very eminent lawyer. asked
lin what was his defense, and KnOxton who
shrewd cunning, old fellow and knew his secrets,
jury was mpanneled the facts proved the defense
was gone into, and it was then ascertained that this
ynans insanity Isetfora celebrated doctor
resided in the city, TO hear the testimony II went
for two days, showing he was insane, and when the
ton of mind with regard 10 the case, and so it went to
She jury The jury disagreed, and was tried again at
Washington upward Of 20 letters which written
tury got witnesses 70 prove his handwriting and
iury said this not insane, but has permitted this
70 be got up for the purpose of ex6nerating him
lf from the CONSEQUENCES fearful crime he has com
Initted He and yet on that trial they showed
that this man heard voices, saw sights and made
strange gesticulaons similar TO those proved this
case. Moral insanity Now gentlemen before going
further this question, want 70 call attention TO
or things, to establish tls dehAiLOn Of moral III
sanity ,.-,.,-...oo -. ,.,., ,osori,oa ,r,ouo
there no Illusion because here there is no Illusion
haucnation. no delusion want To see whether ne
falls within the class Of moral INSANITY or whether tha
possibly this man; and II II does cover
OF moral insanity is Even II covers TINS case, want
70 absurdty of TfespOnslbly ON the
ground OF moral insanity Dr Elwen, writing ON medi
cal evidence says Any Illusion affection Of the In
telect which arises from regular disease OF me mind
OF the moral sentiment! should like TO know how that
differs from dcpTayity Dr. Reese, writing IN reference
to moral insanity, also says: WHEREIN does moral IN
sanity differ from moral deprayy, described by our
best standards Take the Bible 10 which my learned
with me" That is perverson Of the moral sentiments
He that knoweth good, doeth it not, does SIM"
lie that knOweth the law but dOcth 1t not shall be VS.
tied with many stripes the good, and yet the
81 pursue" What is thati That is moral INSANITY
moral depIavity, nothing less Look at the case
u Reynolds, who murdered man he never saw before
What was the matter with that man Moral insanity
peryersiOn Of the ntelect-IeryersiOn of the senti
nens-deprayy Yet they said, on that occasion, that
him, because they said there was no motive for his
crime And yet the jury said You took the life Of this
man without cause and you must be convicted" That
case of moral insanity but does IL screen from