The Criminal Law Journal of India Journal January 15 1906

a The timeriean Cases.—Most of the states of the Union have adopted the English common law and the Acts of the British Parliament i11 aid thereof as it existed up to the fourth year of the reign of James 1. which was the year 1606 as far as the same wits applicable to the new conditions and institutions ; but the forfeiture of goods or the dishonourable burial which were elements of the Engl [...] The Court said :- " Abetment of suicide is confined to the case of persons who aid and abet the commission of suicide by the hand of the person himself who commits the suicide." In another case of S'Itttre the evidence showed that a woman prepared herself for suicide in the presence of the accused that they (n) Prying v. S'aehbloll fieetto11 27 1k3(33; I RAP. [...] But nothing can he reasonably said against the justice of the provisions of the New York law which limit the liability of the parent or guardian to cases of neglect of the duty to use due diligence for the proper control of the child. [...] (Sheppard's Touchstone 231 ; Perkins' Profitable Book 62.) Likewise where the forfeiture of the estate was limited to the lifetime of the One attainted the remainder of the estate could he devised by the felon. [...] The amount of plaintiff's recovery if she is entitled to recovery at 1111 must depend upon the character and extent of the injury inflicted upon her in determining which the nature of the malady intended to be healed and the beneficial nature of the operation should be taken into considertion as well as the good faith of the defendant.—r ortral Law J?meal.