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CJ 322, Tu/Th 9:30
9/7/15
King v. Cogdon
(Morris 1951)
1. Facts
 Mrs. Cogdon was charged for murdering her 19 yr old daughter Pat and pleads
not guilty
 She has been receiving treatment for relatively minor neurotic conditions
 Had dreams that Pat was covered in spiders, there was a ghost at the end of her
bed and that she was still in the middle of a war
 Then while they were both sleeping, Mrs. Cogdon went and killed Pat with an
axe
 Three experts testified on Cogdon’s story
 She is acquitted
2. Issue
Is there a reason to doubt Mrs. Cogdon’s deep attachment to her daughter?
Is Mrs. Cogdon suffering from a form of hysteria with an overlay of depression?
3. Holding
No
Yes
4. Reasoning
There was unanimous support given to Mrs. Cogdon’s story by the medical and
psychological evidence presented by the experts. She was considered to not be awake
at the time of the killing and there could be no defense under the M’Naghten Rules.
Since insanity was not pleaded as a defense, she was acquitted because the act of killing
itself, was not in law, regarded as her act at all.

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King v. cogden

  • 1. HaroldSowards CJ 322, Tu/Th 9:30 9/7/15 King v. Cogdon (Morris 1951) 1. Facts  Mrs. Cogdon was charged for murdering her 19 yr old daughter Pat and pleads not guilty  She has been receiving treatment for relatively minor neurotic conditions  Had dreams that Pat was covered in spiders, there was a ghost at the end of her bed and that she was still in the middle of a war  Then while they were both sleeping, Mrs. Cogdon went and killed Pat with an axe  Three experts testified on Cogdon’s story  She is acquitted 2. Issue Is there a reason to doubt Mrs. Cogdon’s deep attachment to her daughter? Is Mrs. Cogdon suffering from a form of hysteria with an overlay of depression? 3. Holding No Yes 4. Reasoning There was unanimous support given to Mrs. Cogdon’s story by the medical and psychological evidence presented by the experts. She was considered to not be awake at the time of the killing and there could be no defense under the M’Naghten Rules. Since insanity was not pleaded as a defense, she was acquitted because the act of killing itself, was not in law, regarded as her act at all.