GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1856-1950): Autographed card signed "...the distinction between intention and motive will not wash when there is a question ofguilt. Indeed, there is really no distinction at all. Fundamentally the question is whether the accused is a dangerous person or not. If a man shot me intending to do me good by sending me to heaven, or good to the community by removing a seditious writer, he would be hanged (perhaps) as a dangerous moral imbecile, moral imbecility being the only reality of guilt. But if he shot me either by accident or to prevent my killing or robbing him, the fact would be the same; but the verdict would be different. The practical point as between Judge and Jury is that the Jury must never find on the fact, but always on the moral evidence as to guilt or innocence. A verdict on the fact would often be wrong without a remedy, which is abhorrent to law. gt BERNARD SHAW", on 10 Adelphi Terrace printed postcard addressed to an "A Cornish, 34 Danvers Street, Chelsea" and datedin George Bernard Shaw's hand 27 May 1919. Please see the following link for more or higher quality images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/115538046@N07/sets/72157685035547780/page1
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1856-1950): Autographed card signed "...the distinction between intention and motive will not wash when there is a question ofguilt. Indeed, there is really no distinction at all. Fundamentally the question is whether the accused is a dangerous person or not. If a man shot me intending to do me good by sending me to heaven, or good to the community by removing a seditious writer, he would be hanged (perhaps) as a dangerous moral imbecile, moral imbecility being the only reality of guilt. But if he shot me either by accident or to prevent my killing or robbing him, the fact would be the same; but the verdict would be different. The practical point as between Judge and Jury is that the Jury must never find on the fact, but always on the moral evidence as to guilt or innocence. A verdict on the fact would often be wrong without a remedy, which is abhorrent to law. gt BERNARD SHAW", on 10 Adelphi Terrace printed postcard addressed to an "A Cornish, 34 Danvers Street, Chelsea" and datedin George Bernard Shaw's hand 27 May 1919. Please see the following link for more or higher quality images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/115538046@N07/sets/72157685035547780/page1
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