Deaf And Dumb
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
A man that is born deaf, dumb, and blind is looked apon by the law as in the same state with an idiot, he boing supposed incapable of any understand- — ing.
1 Bl. Comm. 304.
Nevertheless, a deaf and dumb person may ke tried for felony if the prisuner can be made to understand by means of signs.
1 Leach, C. L. 102.