Inspired by Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The following description contains spoilers.

In that story, Dr. Jekyll drinks a potion to turn into Mr. Hyde (and if Hyde drinks the same potion, he turns back into Dr. Jekyll). Dr. Jekyll uses Hyde to indulge in certain vices that he can't do himself (since Jekyll is supposed to be respectable). One day Hyde murders Sir Danvers Carew in a manner that is definitely illegal, which shocks Jekyll, and he decides to stop becoming Hyde.

If Jekyll had been charged with killing Sir Danvers Carew, would he have been found guilty?

Inspired by Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The following description contains spoilers.

In that story, Dr. Jekyll drinks a potion to turn into Mr. Hyde (and if Hyde drinks the same potion, he turns back into Dr. Jekyll). Dr. Jekyll uses Hyde to indulge in certain vices that he can't do himself (since Jekyll is supposed to be respectable). One day Hyde murders Sir Danvers Carew in a manner that is definitely illegal, which shocks Jekyll, and he decides to stop becoming Hyde. Near the end of the story, the transformations start becoming involuntary. Jekyll is unable to make more of the potion, so he knows he will be turning into Hyde permanently.

One of the last sentences of the story is this statement by Dr. Jekyll:

Will Hyde die upon the scaffold [for killing Sir Danvers Carew]? or will he find the courage to release himself at the last moment? God knows; I am careless; this is my true hour of death, and what is to follow concerns another than myself.

If Jekyll had been charged with killing Sir Danvers Carew, would he have been found guilty?