THE ADJUDGED CASES

IN THE

AMERICAN AND ENGLISH REPORTS

WHEREIN THE DIFFERENT

DEFENCES TO CRIMES ARE CONTAINED.

WITH NOTES.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.-SELF-Defence.

VOL. II.-INSANITY AND DRUNKENNESS.

VOL. III. DISABILITIES OF PARTIES; AGENCY; DURESS; ACCIDENT, IGNORANCE AND MISTAKE; CONSENT; OMISSIONS AND ATTEMPTS. VOL. IV.-SPECIAL DEFENCES TO CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC.

VOL. V.-SPECIAL DEFENCES TO CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS AND PROPERTY.

SAN FRANCISCO:
SUMNER WHITNEY & CO.,
LAW PUBLISHERS AND LAW BOOKSELLERS.

COPYRIGHT,

1885,

BY JOHN D. LAWSON.

ON

DEFENCES TO CRIME.

VOL. III.

INCLUDING THE DISABILITIES OF PARTIES (AS CORPORATIONS,
COVERTURE AND INFANCY); CRIMINAL IRRESPONSIBILITY OF
PRINCIPAL AND AGENT; NON-LIABILITY FOR ACCIDENT;
IGNORANCE AND MISTAKE OF LAW AND FACT; DU-
RESS; CONSENT AS AN ANSWER TO A CRIMINAL

CHARGE; THE NON-RESPONSIBILITY FOR 1
ACTS OF OMISSION AND FOR ATTEMPTS.

WITH NOTES.

BY

JOHN D. LAWSON.

SAN FRANCISCO:
SUMNER WHITNEY & CO.,

LAW PUBLISHERS AND LAW BOOKSELLERS.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1885, by

JOHN D. LAWSON,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.