Year: 1870

a low the
who was liable I've hung increase his pulse as IN the Key
nods easel A. Yes, Sir in the Reynolds case II dld not
quicken al az thee are SOM Who ynder those
circumstances would not increase one beat minute;


Now. Doctor is il not fact that IT is very difficult to
discover sanity in person who is tegning insanity a.
Yes Sir; il requires a considerable study OF the case
Il Is much easy for an insane man to feign sanity
than for sane man to feign insanity the sane man
judge Davis here instanccd a tried before himself
where man had been convicted Of murder aud after,
ward being declared that he was insane Two skli
physicians were called 10 examine the prisoner whom
they pronounced insane and the man was sent 10 an
he was brought back under certificate that he had all
tlis time been feicning insanity. Now Doctor quercH
You had been called to examine him. do you think yoq
would certainly have detected If he was insane A.


O. Doesn't that case furnish to your mind ilutra-
ton that IL is difficult thing, after a TO STATE Wheter
"a man is feiguing insanity OF not a. or course ~ ~


O. And which battles the utmost skill OF physician
\. You must remember that there are instruments 4"
Jndre paVis~Yom must remember that this not a
long mea 60 am not as old as the reporters nave uo


O. You Spoke Of the prisoners eye being dilaed une
onaly at the time you him; now, what is the ap-
pearancc Of a person who has been accustomed long
time 10 the Of opiates 4. when taken IN !aige
quantities it produces contraction OF the pup put te
contraction win be alike in both eyes II produces hag
gard appearance, a flushed face ,,. ...o


o. Suppose grain Of morphine he taken once IN three
hours A. That is large dose II produces haggafd
appearance, incoherence, and change in the disposition


Redircct examinatonQ. In reference to the depart
ment OF insanity which Is sometimes called mora an, IN
sGnity, don't understand you to say that you DON'T
recognize The species of mental alienation that have gone
by that Uanc but that you don't recognize that name s
applicable A. That is my idea; recognize the e1lst
uf all the facts embraced under that ter Dut con-
slider the term iniudciOus aud Inappropriate . !,


O. Facts that AT standpoint become provocative OF
mental alienation, may at another DC NfNefteu OF Ol
tured into elements Of malice and revenge A. Yes, Slr


q. What the side of the defense We allege to he
cause Of insanity the prosecution might attempt 10 per-
vert into evidence of reyengel


Judge DaVis--That il not proper question.


Mr.. Graham to Judge Dayis-You have evlnced more more
cruelty the conducton OF the prosecution than hay
ever in my life for you have tried 10 wound the
feelings Of this prisoner c..,o.,
for this OutburS allowed the question 10 be repeated


A. think that an insufficient acquaintance wth these
phenomena which have been exhibited by TINS same per
might lead 10 an erroneous Interpretation OF his co
dition


@ Your Judgment Of theease partly based upon your


O. What do you say in reference to mind that was
afternoon Of the 25th of November 1862 and between
and $50 o'clock on that evening exhibiting appearances
person that night, believing that there was something
wrong about him A. should say that all those points
evidences OF insanity they are entitled 10 more OF


@ Is possible that when the mands excited that pro-
found manaca state change rapidly into sedatenes
COmpOSure not that the result OF long time tat
intervene between 55 aud $50 and o'clock in the
evening A. think il would be possible for man to
have several paroxysms by that me he may be sane in
the interval do not believe in the possibility of mind
returning TO state Of perfect sanity and be sane the
next moment after the committal of the criminal act


O. Could 1t have been 10 or 20 minutes past s. and not
be so at ON that night A. 1t might have been possible


@ Do YOU believe it could be possible you had been in
the wesmoreand Hotel that you could detect the cond
ton Of this prisoner at the time he went there If his mind
was maniacal A. l am certain should
offntoxcation presenting himself to person who saw
him for the time within three hours after the com
Ho that he meant to Wach the room in which he slept
that night, and actually made arrangements with that
very far to satisfy you that when the party
reached the WestmOreand Hotel he could lot have been
in a sound state of mind A. That would simply lead


to the suppositon that that individual thought him
Insane.


from the fact that an intelligent person VINO never saw


him before and saw no other cause Tor ms strangene
he would Judge him TO be insane


O. supposng the state of this unfortunate mans mind
the defense have described to be when
he alluded 10 his domestic troubles would you in
his domestic troubles attach any particular weight to the
expression of threat anything like that would
Of almost Inconsistencies without the person being
aware of what he was sayingi A. think that man
be insane and yet express threat they do that ire
quenty. -,,-,
witness on the part OF defense and in tho course OF
any conversation in which he alluded 10 his domestic
troubles but ran of into violent extremes would You
attach any great amount of Importance TO thati A. No


O. Would not you consider any extremity on that point
rather evidence of disease which you suppose he may
have aborcd underi A. should look at It, taking all
the circumstances into consideration, should say that
insanity cnsued at that te but the mere fact Of his
threat is no indication Of his insanity


O. supposing person TO be in highly maniacal state
aud utcrS threats, would that prejudice you against
himf A. No. Sir.


q what ability has individual who is undoubtedly
insane and recognized such TO restrain the mani.
festetiOn Of his deusons or ms nanaeal paroxysnsf
a Many insane persons are perfectly aDe 10 eOGi te
mantle OF delusOns, and even 10 control the
maniaca parOXysms; there are great many instances
of that kind ON record, and have seen them myself
for instance If man is IN the night OF paroX suns OF
mania, and he is violent in his actions, he will become


himself and become perfectly quiet and talk very intel
lgenty indeed long his keeper with him. and as
10 deusous, may have fixed idea IN regard To
subject aud it may be exceedingly difficult for you
10 detect 1t.


@ understand you then, to say that the result Of
your experience has been this That there of
insanity where TO some persons Tie insane man can put
as professedy insane A. Yes, Sir in many cases.


O. Suppose this defendant for q years was really de-
ranged but in order 10 get his bread and butter so simu
lated sanity under the impression that II he did not he
might be plunged into greater distress than he was
into contact daily in the ways Of business, and with
whom he talked daily on the subjects Of bust
them in the course Of those Transactions would
not that fact S6s c s m your Sou dg%e Sa attach as o12
weight the opinions of persons in those circumstances
but at the same time would doubt the ability Of man
length time but he might be insane and people not
effort SO a. to deceive the persons do not believe he
could do IT, hut might control himself at times IL is
ne 4 in state of maniaca excitement all the time they
sometimes behave nationally for several days at tne
and insane men do sane acts well other people if
he is cold he goes to fire the other people,
but act does not establish the question OF insanity
because insane people perform sane acts.


O. You say that on the occasion you exhibited to Mr.
Mcfarland portraits of his wife his pulse to 42
how high have known the human pulse to rise A.
have frequently known ii TO be So frequent that II
could not be cOunted-that was over 100 a minute.


O. Then it is almost up TO the EXTREMIST point OF count
ingi A. Yes, Sir. -


O. What did that indicate IN relation TO the condition
OF Mcfarland at that tme-hs physical condition A.
II indicated "a condition in which he really sOod-upOn
the verge Of parOxysm Of mania, and very excltabe,
indeed.


@ When You mentioned Mr.. Richardson's M ne to him
how high did his pulse risel A. From los TO l2S.


O. Have you noticed the pulsaon OF the cOrroded and
temporal arteries to-day OF Mr.. Mcfarland A. Yes,
Sir tho pusatOn Of those arteries visible 10 from
here 1t is unnatural my attention was called TO that
yesterday. 49, .


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