[293] Wharton on Mental Unsoundness, sec. 282.

[294] Keith v. Lothrop, 10 Cush. 453; Clark v. State, 12 Ohio, 483.

[295] Rules Relating to Opinion Evidence, 26 A. L. J. 486; State v. Smith, 32 Me. 370; Young v. Makepeace, 103 Mass. 50.

[296] State v. Powell, 7 N. J. (L.), 269; Davis v. State, 38 Ind. 37; Gardner v. People, 6 Parker, C. C. 202; overruling, Wilson v. People, 4 Park., C. C. 619; State v. Jones, 68 N. C. 443.

[297] State v. Smith, Supra; Regina v. Stitt, 30 U. C. C. P. 30; State v. Wood, 53 N. H. 484.

[298] State v. Bowman, 78 N. C. 509; State v. Slagh, 83 N. C. 630.

[299] Com. v. Sturtevant, 117 Mass. 122.

[300] Newell v. Doty, 33 N. Y. 83; Buell v. N. Y. C., 31 N. Y. Ct. of App. 314; Matteson v. N. Y. C. 62 Barb. 366; S. C. 35 N. Y. 487.

[301] 11 Allen, 322.

[302] R. v. Whitehead, 3 C. & K. 203; Rich v. Pierpont. 3 F. & F. 36; Twombly v. Leach, 11 Cush. 405.