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Daniel M'Naghten

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British wood-turner & criminal

Lived 1813 to 1865 · aged 52
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Daniel M'Naghten was a Scottish woodturner who assassinated British civil servant Edward Drummond while suffering from delusions of persecution. Tried for murder, he was found not guilty on the ground of insanity and committed to Bethlem Hospital.

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Daniel M'Naghten. Photographed by Henry Hering c 1856Daniel M'Naghten. Photographed by Henry Hering c 1856An 1843 artist's sketch of Daniel M'Naghten, and an engraving of his signatureAn 1843 artist's sketch of Daniel M'Naghten, and an engraving of his signatureA portrait of Daniel M'Naughten. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 4 February 1843A portrait of Daniel M'Naughten. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 4 February 1843

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Daniel M'Naghten was a Scottish woodturner who assassinated British civil servant Edward Drummond while suffering from delusions of persecution. Tried for murder, he was found not guilty on the ground of insanity and committed to Bethlem Hospital. Following his trial and its aftermath, his name was given to the legal test of criminal insanity in England and other common law jurisdictions known as the M'Naghten rules.

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Lived 1813 to 1865 · aged 52
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