The court proceeding called in three psychiatric specialists to evaluate Jane and determine if she is insane. During the evaluation, Jane confessed to having a sexual impulse to kill. She also volunteers information and confessed to murdering Mary Gibbs with poison. The panel of expert found her with insanity in “absence of moral sense”, and “lack of control”. Dr. Quinby did not find Jane lacking in intelligence since she comprehends her actions. One of the experts called in was from the hospital that Jane used to work there was potential for bias evaluation. Jane had malicious thought and capable of murder made her guilty. The verdict of the case was not guilty by reason of insanity and Jane was to be confined at Taunton Insane Hospital.
