Show disease or imperfection of the third frontal conco jj crime Is result of OF lution causes partial or to tal loss of the speech dis brain disease drain disease cafe or imperfection of the by ALLEN cia occipital pi convolution destroys the power of sight disease of the temporal convolution destroys the hearing and an idiot usually has a cerebrum more or less stunted there is no cause without an effect Is a moral defect a lack of on science conscience is different in every one A pickpockets pick pockets son trained in the steps of his father has no qualms of conscience when stealing and may be very conscientious in other respects no white mans conscience would allow him to scalp a man while an indian has no conscience while doing that act it is my belief that crime is a result of disease of the brain and may be due to the organization of the brain in the man whose brain was so BO organized 0 cani zed at birth or to hereditary traits or environment I 1 regard my soul as a purely physiological function and as material as my stomach or heart and I 1 therefore hold to the belief that crime is is a disease of the brain and that as no mans will is free no man can be said to merit punishment for ca committing a crime at the same came time I 1 concede that many many a criminals diseased mind can be cured by proper deachin teaching whereas in in other cases while the criminal should be kept out of the community for the benefit of the community he should n not ot he be punished for committing an act effected by a cause |