Medico-Legal Trial—Plea, "Lunacy"
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A commission was opened on Thursday before Mr. Barlow, one of the Commissioners in Lunacy, at the Gray's Inn Coffee-house, May 20th, 1858, to inquire whether the lie v. William James John Leach was of sound mind and competent to dispose of his property. The commission was issued upon the petition of Julia Caroline Leach, the mother of the supposed lunatic, and at whose death he will come into possession of nearly 50,000/. in the funds.
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دوره 11 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016