...or to punish indiscriminately the like attacks upon the religion of Mahomet or of the grand Lama ; and for this plain reason, that the case assumes that...Christianity, and not upon the doctrines or worship of those imposters. Besides, the offence is crimen malitia;, and the imputation of malice could not be inferred...

...or to punish indiscriminately, the like attacks upon the religion of Mahomet or of the Grand Lama; and for this plain reason, that the case assumes that we are a Chriitian people, and the morality of the country is deeply ingrafted upon Christianity, and not upon...

...all, or to punish indiscriminately the like attacks upon the religion of Mahomet or the grand Lama; and for this plain reason, that the case assumes that...Christian people, and the morality of the country based upon Christianity, and not upon the doctrines or worship of these impostors. . . . Though the...

...or to punish indiscriminately, the like attacks upon the religion of Mahomet or of the Grand Lama; and for this plain reason that the case assumes that we are a Christian people ; and that morality of the country is deeply ingrafted upon Christianity, and not upon the doctrines of worship...

...religion of Mahomet or of the Grand Lama; and fnr this plain reason, that the case assumes that we are s Christian people, and the morality of the country...upon the doctrines or worship of those impostors. ... It is sufficient that the common law checks upon words and actions, dangerous to the public welfare,...

...or ot punish indiscriminately, the like attacks upon the religion of Mahomet or of the Grand Lama ; and for this plain reason, that the case assumes that...ingrafted upon Christianity, and not upon the doctrines of worship of those Impostors." The influence of Christianity in the development of America is evidenced...

...Indiscriminately, the like attacks upon the religion of Mahomet or of the Grand Lama ; and for this plain renson, that the case assumes that we are a Christian people,...upon the doctrines or worship of those Impostors." And in the famous case of Vidal v. Girard, 43 ü. 8. 2 How. 127, 198 [11:205,234], this court, while...

...law. In a New York case in 1811, Chancellor James Kent upheld a conviction for blasphemy on the ground that "we are a Christian people, and the morality of the country is deeply ingrafted upon Christianity."25 79 In 1845 the US Supreme Court reiterated with respect to the religious liberty clauses...

...indictment for blasphemous utterances against Christ. Speaking for the court. Chief Justice Kent stated that "we are a christian people, and the morality...the country is deeply ingrafted upon christianity. . . "9 The New York State Convention of 1821 endorsed the decision in that case, declaring that the...

...(2 Harr.) 553 (1837). In People v. Ruggles, 8 lohns. 290 (NY, 1811), however, Chancellor Kent stated that "we are a Christian people, and the morality...the country is deeply ingrafted upon Christianity." 72. See, in general, Edwin Brown Firmage and Richard Collin Mangrum, Zion in the Courts: A Legal History...