 | William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall - Criminal law - 1905 - 952 pages
...is not necessary that there shall be actual force or violence to constitute an indictable offense. Acts injurious to private persons, which tend to excite...same reason. A libel even of a deceased person is an offense against the public, because it may stir Tip the passions of the living, and produce acts of... | |
 | John Romain Rood - Criminal law - 1906 - 648 pages
...is not necessary that there should be actual force or violence to constitute an indictable offense. Acts injurious to private persons, which tend to excite...same reason. A libel even of a deceased person, is an offense against the public, because it may stir up the passions of the living and produce acts of revenge.... | |
 | William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall - Criminal law - 1927 - 888 pages
...is not necessary that there shall be actual force or violence to constitute an indictable offense. Acts injurious to private persons, which tend to excite...fight a duel is indictable, because it tends directly toward a breach of the peace. , Libels fall within the same reason. A libel even of a deceased person... | |
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It is not necessary that there should be actual force or violence to constitute an indictable offence. Acts injurious to private persons, which tend to excite violent resentment, and thus produce fighting and disturbance of the peace of society, are themselves... 
