Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-04-30

press grief at this act; q person
cannot be sane, then insane 80 as to
com NIT homicide. then sane again,
previously not having manifested
insane symptoms; witness has
never before found physician In
town who believed In emotional In.
sanity till to-day; witness testified
that physicians are by no means
agreed concerning impulsive In.
sanity; some believe in 1t, others
do not.
Cross-examined by Col. Godfrey:
Insanity is disease OF the mind,
produced by disease of the brain;
person In apparent health may
lose consciousness, becoming in-
sane, aud on recovering have no
recollection of what has occurred
od interim; emotional insanity is
due to various causes, such as dis
appointment, grief, and the like,
lasting few hours, days, or weeks,
or being incurable; continued loss
of sleep Is such cause; 80 is sudden
nervous shock; witness would in
vestigate each and every case and
Judge each on its merits; don't
think a person firing second shot
In such a case as this supposed one,
could be insane; the person OF the
Hypothetical case SO firing, or at
tempting to fire, might be insane;
an insane person may have o mo.
tive in com mitting homicidal
act, again he may not; the motive
alone would not influence the
opinion of the witness; witness
never examined defendant; he was
then asked as to what tests are In
use for determining insanity, and
mentioned several; cannot tell
whether there be two great divis.
ions OF methods of test; grief,
shame, disappointment in love are
common causes of insanity; there
Is disease known as mental de-
preston; hysteria Is q mental dis.
ease, as is insanity, and general
moral mania; so of transitory
mania, which cannot be limited, or
measured by time; irresistible i'm
pulse is a disease of the mind;
tai and moral insanity; does not
think the defendant was insane or
suffering from dementia OF any
kind; was capable OF judging
Of right ard wrong; has
never treated patient suffering
as in the Hypothetical case
30 often referred to; hardened
criminal remembers all things, our
young in crime do not; hysteria is
not insanity. Witness cannot
draw the line between them, and
go hold all authors; if 1t were not
proven that the person of the hypo.
thetical case had shot twice, or at.
tempted to do 40, witness would
not reverse his opinion; persons
WHO talk Of suicide rarely kill
themselves; no sane person com.
mits suicide.
DR.. Jos. Hannon vas called and
testified as follows: Is County Ply.
sician; as such, during the last
four years, has examined some one
hundred persons charged with in
sanity; previous to. this time he
has not paid much attention to in
sanity. Witness defined insanity;
divisions of insanity are arbitrary;
mania, In some Of its forms, is the
most common; homicidal Mania
was defined as in the books; no
class of disease Is more likely than
another to cause insanity; author
ities divided as to emotional insan-
ity; witness never knew PERSONAL
ly of case; fear or anger cause
acts seemingly IRRATIONAL; such
acts are not insanity, for the mind
is not discussed; insanity In women
does not generally depend on sex.
ual diseases; has seen a few cases
of insanity due to uterine trouble,
almost all occurring at the change
OF llfei never saw insanity arising
from dismenoirhea; delirium Is said
authOritatively to result thus; de.
lirium is not insanity, although so
called by some authors; has treat
ed many cases of dismenorrhpa,
but never knew delirium or iusan.
lty to ensue; no shooting alone
would be evidence OF insanity, but
merely q single symptom. to be
considered with others; defendant
did not eeem Insane to witness
when he saw hez at the Jail and
prescribed for her aleeplessnss sss an
ordinary dose OF morphine, which
was efiectual, as tho Jailor told
him,
II being now ten minutes 10
eleven, the court adjourned until
nine O'Clock this morning.