 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1860 - 778 pages
...is a publication in the eye of the law;(i) and therefore the sending an abusive letter to a man ie as much a libel as if it were openly printed, for it equally tends to a breach of the peace.(u) For tho same reason, it is immaterial, with respect to the essence of a libel, whether the... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1865 - 642 pages
...libel to any one person is a publication in the eye of the law: and therefore the sending an abusive private letter to a man is as much a libel as if it...printed, for it equally tends to a breach of the peace. For the same reason it is immaterial at common law, with respect to the essence of a libel, whether... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Great Britain - 1866 - 780 pages
...libel to any one person is a publication in the eye of the law;(i) and therefore the sending an abusive letter to a man is as much a libel as if it were openly printed, for it equally tends to a breach of the peace.(u) For the same reason, it is immaterial, with respect to the essence of a libel, whether the... | |
 | John Binns - Justices of the peace - 1870 - 884 pages
...libel to any one person is a publication in the eye of the law, and, therefore, the sending an abusive private letter to a man is as much a libel as if it were publicly printed, for it equally tends to a breach of the peace. 4 Bl. Com. 150. For the same reason... | |
 | Jasper Yeates, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1871 - 636 pages
...tending to provoke, or excite others to break the peace, and libels. Ib. 150. The sending an abusive private letter to a man, is as much a libel as if...printed, for it equally tends to a breach of the peace. Ib. 150. 2 BrownL 151. 12 Co. 35. Hob. 215. Poph. 139. 1 Hawk. 195. A recognizance for the good behavior... | |
 | John Wade - Law - 1871 - 946 pages
...one person is a publication in the eye of the law ; and, therefore, the sending an abusive irivat* letter to a man is as much a libel as if it were openly [.ringed, for it equally tends to a breach of the peace. If A. send •i manuscript to the printer... | |
 | William Blackstone, David Mitchell Aird - Law - 1873 - 386 pages
...libel to any one person is a publication in the eye of the law; and therefore the sending an abusive private letter to a man is as much a libel as if it...printed, for it equally tends to a breach of the peace, and it is now enacted by 6 & 7 Viet., c. 96, that if any person shall maliciously publish any defamatory... | |
 | David Mitchell Aird - Law - 1873 - 366 pages
...eye of the law; and therefore the sending an abusive private letter to a man is as much a libel aa if it were openly printed, for it equally tends to a breach of the peace, and it is now enacted by 6 & 7 Viet., c. 96, that if any person shall maliciously publish any defamatory... | |
 | Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - Law - 1875 - 858 pages
...therefore the sending an abusive private letter to a man is aa Г * 174 1 muc^ * a '•ikel as ^ i* were openly printed, for it equally tends to a breach of the peace (x). Moreover, the statute 6 & 7 Viet. c. 96, a. 3, enacts, that if any person shall publish or threaten... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1876 - 658 pages
...to any one person is a publication in the eye of the law : (f) and therefore the sending an abusive private letter to a man is as much a libel as if it...openly printed, for it equally tends to a breach of the peace.(w) For the same reason it is immaterial with respect to theessenceof a libel, whether the matter... | |
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... private letter to a man is as much a libel as if it were openly printed, for it equally tends to a breach of the peace. 
