The New York herald., 1870-04-28

who is not responsible for his actlon A. So far as
which prompts man to obtain satisfaction by some
act that will atone for it,
2, II q man broods over his wrongs ami resolves
10 revenge, brings on by such brootling and re-
| vengeu feeling the symptoms you have spoken or
wonld You consider him insane when he accom-
| Pnsien MS purposeY A. II he brooded over 1t In
| tiat way II might make him insane; emotional ex-
utsneht y one OF the prominent causes OF insanity;
u woult not necessarily produce insanity: do not
| mean 10 say that the execution OF his revenge is
OF ITSELF proof OF insanity; think persons OF his
| nnpefahent hnd under his circumstances would lie
more liable 10 sudden excess OF passion than others:
| II person were TO avow 10 many an intention of
g hnlng person, ana then, While apparently cool,
shoot him, II would be evidence or insanity hut
nor conclusive: the insane are very persistent In
N n their purposes; the insane are quite likely to
XII persons who have been their friends; when one
Kills friend without motive It IS a strong mark
| OF insanity; when he kills enemy 1t l. not, and
20 show insanity, the accompanying proofs OF in
sanity Should be very strong; the act itself il no
| proc OF insanity; see nothing inconsistent with
| porec, INSANITY IN wrcnged man carrying for a
| long lime In MS heart the purpose of Killing the
wronger and ultimately killing hlm these symptoms
nave SPOKEN OF are marks of the incubation OF the
disease, wnich may suddenly result IN an explOsion
a persistent intent TO kill search for an opporiI-
& my 70 Mi anu lnal kllng OF the wrongdoer, are
nosin themselves proofs OF INSANITY; do not think
twenty years.
| Q. Iwant to suppose this case an avowed intent
10 XIII an attempt To XIII. subsequent avowal OF
an Intent to kill If a certain act Is done which he
wien that act was done the killing Of the wrong
dOer wonld you regard that as evidence OF insanity
a. MOI OF themselves; II ne had made preparations,
| as training himself to pistol practice, should
| regard 1t as evidence OF premeeltatlon when l
visited him In prison he always entered on the sub
| ject Of his troubles himself; when man under
examination his pulse very commonly rises; when
man with normal pulse comes to consult phy
sclan what he thinks a serious disease his pulse
becomes excited IL might become excited when he
| knew that the result Of the examination would
anect trial for llfe 1t did not ncrase Reynolds
| puse where functional derangement of the hearI
has rlsel the pulse above the normal rate any ey.
citing cause would be likely to increase It quickly,
| tlonal deraDgemcnt; when l exhibited 10
! nun the portraits Of his wife his emo
| that feared he might become "a maniac; l have
seen many cases Of felgned insanity; they are some
times exceedingly dtficut to detect; have read Of
cases where insanity was fegned In anticipation Of
case IN my own practice 1t is very dinicult thing
the case think could detect it sanity Is easter
iegned by the insane nave recently had two cases
under my observation of fegned INSANITY, Reynolds
case and ChaDbers both were sane, though won't
say Chambers was sane when he committed the
Judge Davis then related case which he knew
personally OF, In which man sentenced by him de-
ceived TWO skilfnl physicians and was sent to the
asylum for six months, when he was returned as
having felgned insanity.
@ Does not that case show the difficulty Of detect
methods OF inquiry now winch we had not then; the
| methods OF examination have been very much ex
tended during the past few years.
The court here took recess OF thirty minutes.
| After Recess Continuation Of Testimony.
The eross-examinaton of DIR. Hammond was re-
sumed:-l spoke of The fact that of the prison
ers pupils was larger than the other; the effect of
opium taken in large quantities is To contract the
pupils both alike: IL produces a haggard appear
| ance and in small quantities flushing Of the face,
acting as snlllan; III large doses it will produce
incoherence and change OF character; habituaiy
used it produces many OF the appearances Of in
| sanity.
TO prisoners COUNSEL recognize all the facts en-
braced in me term moral ms unity, but consider
that classification injurious and unnecessary; facts
si ar loftpc anitu
| may lie tortured nom another into evidence OF
malice or revenge think, without previous ac-
qualntance, evidences Of insanity may be inter-
pre- ed as evidences OF malice or revenee my opinion
| Ii basel in part on my examination; taking the
whole Of the symptoms given or even any group OF
them should say the prisoner was insane; the fact
| that person shortly after the occurrence thought
HIM proper person 10 70 watch s his room at night Is
halfpast eight he might have had several parox-
ysms and in the intervals have seemed to an ordi
| nary observer sane, but If he was insane nc that
| time, should think could have discovered 1t.
! O. surprising the state Of his mind in reference
to his domestic troubles to have been that described
| by the witnesses, and IN speaking OF them he ut
tered threats, would You have attached any impor-
| tance to themf A. No; taxing inLO account all the
| circumstances, should consider him insane; but
| the threats should not consider in themselves
either evidences Of sanity insanity; many maniacs
have great power TO control tie exhibition of
| their paroNysms; in some cases they Will carefully
CONCEAL their deusons: there are cases OF insanity
pearance Of insanity, and to others would appear
confessedly insane; I should not attach much
J noticed by those whom he was thrown with in
business, but ! should doubt his ability to
period; but small evidences OF insanity would
| escape the notice OF q casual observer; have
100, but the pulse OF 142 showed state near to
| maniacal excitement; the rapid rise Of his pulse
from lo4 to l2s on the mention Of the name OF Mr..
Richardson showed great eXctability: the pulsatOn
OF the prisoners carotid and temporal arteries is
visible to me from here, ana indicates extraordi
nary action OF the neart and an increased flow Of
| blood 70 the head.
To Mr.. Davis-The want of persistence is an essen
tial element OF insanity; persistent tegning OF
sanity for long period should regard as some evil
dence OF sanity; maintained effort Of that kind
would lead me to think him sane; II man who was
insane in the eyes OF observers was to give persist
ent signs OF sanity should think him insane.
Q. II a man engaging room were to sit down and
| read newspaper, and get up and walk about, might
not his actions lead clerk to be suspicious Of him
without suspecting insanityf A. should think they
the dynameterD; 1t is extremely common That In per-
sons In the first stage Of SCREENING Of the brain the
| pencil gradually goes down to the cOrner:. II
the patient desires, and is in complete con-
| troll OF his muscles, he can make it vary;
steady: where man desired to establish inability TO
keep the pencil steady it would be worthless: made
| the examination with this instrument the oath,
| after the trial commenced but my instructions were
| 30 given to him that he should think 1t was to his
advantage to keep 1t steady.
| To counsel for prsOner-Q. II excessive drinking
were added to all the other causes what would you
think in reference to insanity A. don't think his
the bella donna and the bromide Of potassium he mad
| taken were OF themselves calculated TO nJure the
| mind OF the prisoner: have known such results
| from bromide OF potassium myself.
The Defence Rests.
| Mr.. Gerry at this stage rose and said-..Your
I Honor, we here rest the case for the defence"
| Testimony Given in Rebuttal-H0race Greeley
| On the Stand.
The prosecution then entered on the rebuttal part
| Of the case, and called their first witness
| Mr.. Horace Greeley, who was examined by Judge
| Garvin.--Q. You are q resident of this city A. I
reside at Chappaqua; but do business In this city,
@. How long have you been engaged IN this city
| In DusinessY A. Near forty years.
Q. You are acquainted with the prisoner Mr.
| Mcfarland? A. Yes.
| O. How long have you been acquainted with him9
| A. think first him In the winter OF 1862 and
! 1885, 1t might have been 1851 and 1852
1 q Had you conversation with him In the winter
| OF 1862
| Objected to as not rebutting.
Judge Garvin--I propose 10 show the conversations
witness had with the prisoner III the winter OF 1867