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 | The Trial of the Assassin Guiteau: Psychiatry and the Law in the Gilded Age (Updated Edition) by Charles E. Rosenberg Paperback, 308 Pages, Published 1995 ISBN-10: 0-226-72717-3 / 0226727173 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-72717-2 / 9780226727172 This study uses the celebrated American trial of Charles Guiteau, who assassinated President James A. Garfield in 1881, to explore attitudes towards insanity and criminal responsibility in the the late-19th century. The author reconstructs the courtroom battle waged by 24 expert witnesses who repres | |