 | William Astley Cooper Anderson - 1859 - 92 sider
...rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not...excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State." Sec. 2 of Art. 9, " The Legislature shall encourage,... | |
 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Code - 1860 - 668 sider
...rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not...excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state. SECTION 4. The privilege of the writ of habeas... | |
 | David Price Belknap - 1860 - 778 sider
...rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not...excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state. SEC. 5. The privilege of the writ of Juibeas corpus... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1861 - 618 sider
...for this case by providing that the liberty of conscience secured by it " shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the state." The legislature have declared that Sunday theatres are of this character, and come within... | |
 | Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood - 1861 - 790 sider
...for this case by providing that the liberty of conscience secured by it " shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the State." The Legislature have declared that Sunday theatres are of this character, and come within... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - 1864 - 842 sider
...for this case, by declaring that the liberty of conscience secured by it " shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the State." The legislature place Sunday theatres in thii category, and they are the sole judges. The... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1864 - 628 sider
...allowed in this State to all mankind ; with the only limitation, that the liberty of conscience, thus secured, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of the State. Notwithstanding this constitutional declaration,... | |
 | Robert Cox - 1865 - 522 sider
...without discrimination or preference, shall be for ever allowed in this State to all mankind ; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not...excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of the State.' (Constitution, article 7, section 3.) But in thus... | |
 | John Marshall Lowrie - 1865 - 368 sider
...worship, without discrimination or preference, shall for ever be allowed in this state to all mankind; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not...excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state." Art. 7, § 3. This limitation is absolutely necessary;... | |
 | Joshua Rhodes Balme - 1866 - 314 sider
...without discrimination or preference, shall for ever be allowed in this state to all mankind ; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not...excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state. 4. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are,... | |
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State ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience, hereby secured, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices... 
