Insanity Defense, Early Legal Treatise
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Pennewill, Walton. Insanity As A Defence. [?]. [Philadelphia?]. c. 1896. First
Edition of an early American work on the insanity defense in criminal trials, from the library of Monsignor Joseph M. Gleason.
Scarce original legal treatise by Pennsylvania State Representative Walton Pennewill (1861 – 1946), outlining the parameters for an insanity “defence” and with whom the burden of proof lies, cited as the basis of case law in these matters throughout the early 20th century. Pennewill, who would resign in 1896, was noted for his involvement in the passage of the Medical Examiner’s Bill in 1892, lobbying on behalf of the Homeopathic Medicine Society of Pennsylvania to ensure the creation of a “three board” solution, providing “homeopathic, allopathic, and eclectic” medical schools equal status in the training and licensing of doctors in state.
Ex-libris of Monsignor Joseph M. Gleason (1869-1947), California priest, historian, and book collector, with his well-illustrated bookplate(collected by the University of Auckland, the University of Delaware, and the University of Illinois) on front pastedown. Original pamphlet preserved in contemporary marbled, quarter-bound boards, green leather spine gilt with author and title. Corners bumped and worn with fraying. Front free endpaper detached at base. Occasional pencil annotations. Good condition.
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