 But a man who is born deaf, dumb, and blind is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot : he being supposed incapable of any understanding, as wanting all those senses which furnish the human mind with ideas.  Human Physiology - Strona 317autor: Robley Dunglison - 1850Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Henry George Atkinson, Harriet Martineau - 1851 - Liczba stron: 416
...they are educated into a high degree of intelligence. "A man," says Blackstone, "who is born deaf, and dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the law as in the...understanding, as wanting all those senses which furnish human beings with ideas." Rejecting the dogmas of metaphysicians, and disbelieving that Ideas are the... | |
 | William Harvey - 1854 - Liczba stron: 256
...evidence in the courts of justice, nor be liable to be arraigned as a prisoner for crime. A person born deaf, dumb, and blind is looked upon by the law as in the same state as an idiot, he being supposed to be incapable of any understanding, as wanting all those senses which... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - 1855 - Liczba stron: 806
...ground for the principle of law on the subject, as laid down by Blackstone, that — " a man •who is born deaf, dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the...those senses which furnish the human mind with ideas." The estate given by Col. Perkins, although spacious in extent, was becoming, from its position, better... | |
 | 1855 - Liczba stron: 784
...down by Blackstone, that — " a man who is born deaf, dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the law aR in the same state with an idiot ; he being supposed...those senses which furnish the human mind with ideas." The estate given by Col. Perkins, although spacious in extent, was becoming, from its position, better... | |
 | Robley Dunglison - 1856 - Liczba stron: 768
...and how inaptly, although humanely, does the law regard such beings! "A person," says Blackstone,1 " born deaf, dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the...deaf, dumb, and blind, not being born so, he is deemed noncompos mentis, and the same rules apply to him as to other persons supposed to be lunatics. With... | |
 | Freeman Hunt - 1856 - Liczba stron: 650
...solid ground for the principle of law on the subject, as laid down by Blackstone, that, " A man who is born deaf, dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the...those senses which furnish the human mind with ideas." The estate given by Col. Perkins, although spacious in extent, was becoming, from its position, better... | |
 | Thomas Greaves Cary - 1856 - Liczba stron: 310
...for the principle of law on the subject, as laid down by Blackstone, that " a man who is born deaf5 dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the law as in the...those senses which furnish the human mind with ideas." The estate given by Col. Perkins, although spacious in extent, was becoming, from its position, better... | |
 | William Harvey - 1856 - Liczba stron: 268
...state as an idiot, he being supposed to be incapable of any understanding, as wanting all those sonses which furnish the human mind with ideas ; but if he...born so, he is deemed non compos mentis, and the same rule applies to him as to other persons supposed to be lunatics.* Without staying to dwell upon the... | |
 | Allan Menzies - 1856 - Liczba stron: 888
...edit by which were published in 1765 :—" A man who is born deaf, dumb, P 35X ' V ° ' " an ^ Wind, is looked upon by the law as in the same state with...being supposed incapable of any understanding, as want" ing all those senses which furnish the human mind with ideas." In Inst. iii. i, 16. our own law,... | |
 | Edmund Powell - 1856 - Liczba stron: 456
...Car. & P. 127. But it is stated by Mr. Phillipps,i on the authority of Blackstone, that a man who is born deaf, dumb, and blind is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot, and is therefore an incompetent witness. This position appears to be very disputable. It is stated... | |
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