Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: CHAPTER TWENTY-FOURn March 26, Justice Metcalfe began his charge to the jury.It lasted six hours.He reviewed the indictment and explained each count.To help explain sedition, he used the same analogy as had served him the Russell charge:A torch applied to a green field may not be likely to cause a fire, yet when the grass is ripe and dry, a spark may cause a conflagration.Just so, words spoken in privacy or during a quarrel, or in the heat of the moment, or in normal times, may be unlikely to have a seditious effect, and may be overlooked; yet when spoken in times of stress and in more public places, may be likely to cause such discontent, hostility, and disturbance as to be seditious.
Source: Manitoba Law Journal
DOI: 10.29173/mlj1187
Author: Manitoba Law Journal
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4396716009