People v. Ruggles
New York Supreme Court
THE defendant was indicted at the general sessions of the peace, held at Kingsbury, in the county of Wash-e 1 e 7 ° J v higton^ va.
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THE defendant was indicted at the general sessions of the peace, held at Kingsbury, in the county of Wash-e 1 e 7 ° J v higton^ va. Decembery 1810, for that he did, on the 2d day of September, 1810, at Salem, &c. wickedly, maliciously, and blasphemously, utter, and with a loud voice publish, in the presence and hearing of divers good and Christian people, &c. of and concerning the Christian religion, and of and concerning Jesus Christ, the false, scandalous, malicious, wicked and blasphemous words following, to wit, “ Jesus Christ was a bastard, and his mother must be a whore,” in contempt of…
1Opinion of the Court
Kent, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the court. The - offence charged is, that the defendant below did “ wickedly, maliciously, and blasphemously utter, in the pre. sence and hearing of divers good and Christian people^ these false, feigned, scandalous, malicious, wicked anfl blasphemous words, to wit, “ Jesus Christ was a bastard) *293and his mother must be a whore:” and the single ques-1 tion is, whether this be a public offence by the law of the land. After conviction, we must intend that these words were uttered in a wanton manner, and, as they evidently Í import, with a wicked and malicious…
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