 | United States. Supreme Court - 1844 - 800 pagine
...although Christianity be a part of the common law of the state, yet it is so in this qualified sense, that its divine origin and truth are admitted, and therefore...the doctrine of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Updegraffv. The Commonwealth, 11 Serg. and Rawle, 394. It is unnecessary for us, however, to consider... | |
 | Horace Binney - 1844 - 330 pagine
...although Christianity be a part of the common law of the State, yet it is so in this qualified sense, that its divine origin and truth are admitted, and therefore...doctrine of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in Updegraph vs. the Commonwealth, 11 Serg. and Rawle, 394. It is unnecessary for us, however, to consider... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1845 - 796 pagine
...state, yet it is so in this I qualified sense, that its divine origin and truth are admitted, and I therefore it is not to be maliciously and openly reviled and blasphemed lagainst, to the annoyance of believers or the injury of the public. Such was the doctrine of the Supreme... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1849 - 566 pagine
...Christian religion is a part of the common law of Pennsylvania ; yet it is so in this qualified sense, that its Divine origin and truth are admitted, and therefore...annoyance of believers, or the injury of the public." With these principles before the Court, we are somewhat surprised that the provision of the will which... | |
 | 1855 - 936 pagine
...Christianity is one of the great and leading bis is declared in the Charter of the State. Then the laws : origin and truth are admitted, and therefore it is...annoyance of believers or the injury of the public. Chancellor Kent. "Aman was indicted in Washington County, New York, in 1810, for blasphemy against... | |
 | William Astley Cooper Anderson - 1859 - 92 pagine
...although Christianity be a part of the common law of the State, yet it is so in this qualified sense, THAT ITS DIVINE ORIGIN AND TRUTH ARE ADMITTED, and therefore,...annoyance of believers, or the injury of the public." This view, Mr. Binney, on the part of the devisees in that great argument which has assumed a judicial... | |
 | W. C. Anderson - 1859 - 104 pagine
...although Christianity be a part of the common law of the State, yet it is so in this qualified sense, THAT ITS DIVINE ORIGIN AND TRUTH ARE ADMITTED, and therefore,...annoyance of believers, or the injury of the public." This view, Mr Binney, on the part of the devisees in that great argument which has assumed a judicial... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1861 - 618 pagine
...although Christianity be a part of the common law 6f the state, yet it is so in this qualified sense, that its divine origin and truth are admitted, and therefore...annoyance of believers or the injury of the public." The same principle was decided by the state court, in Updegraff agt. Commonwealth, (11 S. 4r jR., 394.)... | |
 | Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood - 1861 - 792 pagine
...although Christianity be a part of the common law of the State, yet it is so in this qualified sense, that its divine origin and truth are admitted, and therefore...annoyance of believers or the injury of the public." The same principle was decided by the State Court, in Updeyraph v. Commonwealth (11 #. & R. 394). The... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1868 - 776 pagine
...Christianity is a part of the common law of the state, it is only so in this qualified sense, that its divine origin and truth are admitted, and therefore...blasphemed against, to the annoyance of believers or to the injury of the public.2 It may be doubted, however, if the punishment of blasphemy is based necessarily... | |
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So that we are compelled to admit that although Christianity be a part of the common law of the State, yet it is so in this qualified sense, that its divine origin and truth are admitted, and therefore it is not to be maliciously and openly reviled and... 
