State v. Quinlan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kalisch, J.

The plaintiff in error was convicted in the Passaic County Quarter Sessions Court on an indictment based upon section 5e of the Crimes act (Comp. Stat., p. 1744), which provides as follows:

“'Any person who shall, in public or private, by speech, writing, printing or by any other mode or means, encourage, justify, praise or incite the unlawful burning, destruction of public or private property or advocate, encourage, justify, praise and incite assaults upon the army of the United States, the national guard, or the police force of this or any…