Show INSANITY is S TABOOED prominent wisconsin lawyer clawy lr who win will not mot enter that defense the following story is told of john brennan of stevens st point as a criminal lawyer the story etory goes says the milwaukee walkee waukee journal that a farmer who had killed hilled his wife in the northern part of the state sent for mr brennan to defend him offering to deed him his bis farm if he would take the case s brennan Dren nal wanted his pay in advance and so the farmer made over the property to him the murder was a most brutal and cold blooded one and brennan knew that there was but one plea that might r save are hie bis client from a life sentence and that was insanity the trial was one of the fiercest ever fought in a wisconsin i court the attorney for the occupied a whole day in his closing address to the jury and the effort was a masterly one the jury found the man insane insane and he was sent to oshkosh once there he improved rapidly and in in a few weeks was discharged his first act was to sue brennan for the recovery of his property on the ground that he was insane at the time of deeding it in the face of his hia own argument that the man was insane drebin brennan n could do nothing and the farmer won his bis case brennan has bl blacklisted acklis ted insanity us anty as a defense for murderers |