This is about James Hadfield who was injured in the Battle of Roubaix and subsequently went a bit mad and tried to assassinate the king of England in order to be put to death, believing that this sacrifice would instigate the second coming of Christ.
At the trial his lawyers pleaded insanity and he was not put to death but spent the rest of his life in the secure wing of a hospital. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hadfield
This is about James Hadfield who was injured in the Battle of Roubaix and subsequently went a bit mad and tried to assassinate the king of England in order to be put to death, believing that this sacrifice would instigate the second coming of Christ. At the trial his lawyers pleaded insanity and he was not put to death but spent the rest of his life in the secure wing of a hospital. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hadfield
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