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| Picture No | 10410988 |
| Date | 1843 |
| Description | Daniel McNaughten |
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Daniel McNaughten (or M'Naughten), (1813 - 1865), 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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| Source | Engraving in The Illustrated London News, 4 February 1843, page 80 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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