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jan 1, 1843 - McNaughtan Case

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Daniel McNaughtan was a Scottish woodturner who assassinated English civil servant Edward Drummond while suffering from paranoid delusions. Through his trial and its aftermath, he has given his name to the legal test of criminal insanity in England and other common law jurisdictions known as the M'Naghten rules.

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jan 1, 1843
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~ 182 years ago