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The Sanity of Louis Bordier

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Extract

The trial of Louis Bordier, a Frenchman, for the wilful murder of the woman with whom he had cohabited for thirteen years, has afforded another painful illustration of the extremely unsatisfactory method of procedure followed in our courts of justice when the insanity of the prisoner is suspected or alleged.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1868 

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