Blacks Law - 4th Edition
RELIGION, OFFENSES AGAINST
RELIGION, OFFENSES AGAINST. In English
law. They are thus enumerated by Blackstone:
(1) Apostasy; (2) heresy; (3) reviling the ordinances
of the church; (4) blasphemy; (5) profane
swearing; (6) conjuration or witchcraft;
(7) religious imposture; (8) simony; (9) profanation
of the Lord's day; (10) drunkenness;
(11) lewdness. 4 Bl.Comm. 43.
RELIGION, OFFENSES AGAINST. In English
law. They are thus enumerated by Blackstone:
(1) Apostasy; (2) heresy; (3) reviling the ordinances
of the church; (4) blasphemy; (5) profane
swearing; (6) conjuration or witchcraft;
(7) religious imposture; (8) simony; (9) profanation
of the Lord's day; (10) drunkenness;
(11) lewdness. 4 Bl.Comm. 43.