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Wysłany: Pią 11:25, 18 Lut 2011 Temat postu: On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Published bbaaaajf |
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her body was fished from the water. VERDICT: SUICIDE DURING
TEMPORARY INSANITY.
Such verdicts are crimes against truth. The Law is a lie
and through
it men lie most shamelessly. For instance
a disgraced woman
forsaken
and spat upon by kith and kin
doses herself and her baby with laudanum.
The baby dies; but she pulls through after a few weeks in hospital
is
charged with murder
convicted
and sentenced to ten years' penal
servitude. Recovering
the Law holds her responsible for her actions; yet
had she died
the same Law would have rendered a verdict of temporary
insanity.
Now
considering the case of Ellen Hughes Hunt
it is as fair and
logical to say that her husband was suffering from temporary insanity
when he went into the Islington Workhouse
as it is to say that she was
suffering from temporary insanity when she went into the Regent's Canal.
As to which is the preferable sojourning place is a matter of opinion
of
intellectual judgment. I
for one
from what I know of canals and
workhouses
should choose the canal
were I in a similar position. And I
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