 Can a man excuse his practices to the contrary because of his religious belief? To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religious belief superior to the law of the land, and in effect to permit every citizen to become a law unto himself....  A Digest of Important Cases on the Law of Crimes - Page 93by John Romain Rood - 1906 - 623 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Law - 1889 - 546 pages
...a ruan excuse his practices to the contrary becanse of .hls religious belief? To permit this would make the professed doctrines of religious belief superior...permit every citizen to become a law unto himself. Governments could exist only iu name under such circumstances." Perhaps the constitutional provision... | |
 | Law - 1890 - 548 pages
...because of his religions belief? To permit this wonld be to make the professed doctrines of religions [belief superior to the law of the land, and in effect...every citizen to become a law unto himself. Government conld exist only in name under such circumstances." And in Muriihy v. Ramsey, 114 US 15, 45, referring... | |
 | Law - 1890 - 542 pages
...shall not be allowed. Can a man excuse his practices to the contrary becanse of his religious belief? To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religious beliefs superior to the law of the land, and in effect to permit every citizen to become a law unto... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1890 - 658 pages
...shall not be allowed. Can a man excuse his practices to the contrary because of his religious belief? To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religious belief superior to the laws of the land, and in effect to permit every citizen to become a law unto himself. Government could... | |
 | Citizen of Massachusetts, Alfred Ellingwood Giles - Bigamy - 1882 - 80 pages
...argue, that to permit a man to excuse his practice of plural marriage because of his religious belief " would be to make the professed doctrines of religious...permit every citizen to become a law unto himself." To this I answer that it was exactly this consequence and this result that the provisions of the Constitution... | |
 | Francis Wharton, Moreton Stillé - Insanity - 1882 - 832 pages
...because of his religious belief ? To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religions belief superior to the law of the land, and, in effect,...could exist only in name, under such circumstances. "And so, in like manner I say, a man may reason himself into a conviction of the expediency and patriotic... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1890 - 1130 pages
...shall not be allowed. Can a man excuse his practices to the contrary, because of his religious belief? To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religious belief superiorto the law of the land, and in effect to permit every citizen to become a law un to himself.... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - Insanity - 1884 - 1012 pages
...shall not be allowed, can a man excuse his practice to the contrary because of his religious belief ? To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines...could exist only in name, under such circumstances." And so, in like manner, I say, a man may reason himself into a conviction of the expediency and patriotic... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 1168 pages
...excuse his practices to the contrary because of his religious belief? To permit this would be to mnke the professed doctrines of religious belief superior...could exist only In name under such circumstances. * * * " In the case under consideration, "every act necessary to constitute the crime was knowingly... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 1338 pages
...shall not be allowed. Can a man excuse his practices to the contrary because of his religious belief? To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religious belief superior to the laws of the land, and in effect to permit every citizen to become a law unto himself. Government could... | |
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