Sentences with phrase «public decency went»
Moreover, the purpose of the requirement that the act be of such a kind that it outraged public decency went to setting a standard which the jury had to judge by reference to contemporary standards; it did not require that someone saw the act and was outraged.
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It must clearly be noted that this was in essence far more a demonstration of political loyalty than of religious worship; and it must still more clearly be noted that Rome was the reverse of intolerant, and, if a man made this confession of political faith, he could then go away and worship any god he liked, so long as that worship did not conflict with public decency and order.
«Outraging public decency» goes considerably beyond offending the susceptibilities of, or even shocking, reasonable people.»
It is difficult to conceive how public order and decency is preserved by preventing people from going unclothed on private property even when they are visible to others.»