 | John Davison Lawson - 1885 - 1126 էջ
...with some criminal or unlawful purpose or intent — as, for instance, to eaves-drop men's houses, ' to hearken after discourse, and thereupon to frame slanderous and mischievous tales; or to cast men's gates, or the like, into ponds, or commit other outrages or misdemeanors in the night.'... | |
 | 1891 - 974 էջ
...purposes, and are indictable at common law. 2 Whnrt. Crirn. Law,§ 1445. Persons whoeavesdrop men's houses, "to hearken after discourse, and thereupon to frame slanderous and mischievous tales," "to cast men's gates, carts, and the like," are night-walkers. Thomas v. State, 55 Ala. 260. The expectation... | |
 | Stewart Rapalje - 1888 - 762 էջ
...continuance or adjourn73 NC 252, EATING-HOUSE, (what is not). 254. EAVES - DROPPERS. — Persons who listen under walls or windows, or the eaves of a house, to...slanderous and mischievous tales. (4 Bl. Com. 168.) In English law they are a common nuisance, and punishable by fine and finding sureties for good behavior.... | |
 | Gustav Adolf Endlich - 1888 - 970 էջ
...were bound to wear a coat and cap half yellow and half brown (d). Eavesdroppers, or such as listen under walls or windows or the eaves of a house, to...thereupon to frame slanderous and mischievous tales, are still liable to fine (e). A common scold seems still subject to be placed in a certain engine of... | |
 | Stewart Rapalje, Robert Linn Lawrence - 1888 - 772 էջ
...or adjournment. EATING-HOUSE, (what is not). 254. 73 NC 252, EAVES-DROPPERS.— Persons who li-ifii under walls or windows, or the eaves of a house, to hearken after discourse, and thereupon lo irame slanderous and mischievous tales. (4 lil. Com. llis.) In English law they are a common nuisance,... | |
 | John Jane Smith Wharton, John Mounteney Lely - 1889 - 800 էջ
...may drop therefrom to the ground instead of running down the wall. Eaves-droppers, persons who listen under walls or windows, or the eaves of a house, to...thereupon to frame slanderous and mischievous tales. They are a common nuisance, and presentable at the courtleet, or were indictable at the sessions, and... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1892 - 922 էջ
...as comprehensive as anything on the subject in our books, says : " Eavesdroppers, or such as listen under walls or windows or the eaves of a house, to...thereupon to frame slanderous and mischievous tales, are a common nuisance, and punishable at the court leet ; or are indictable at the sessions, and punishable... | |
 | George Wesley Hale - 1892 - 306 էջ
...challenge to fight one is forbidden and punished. Eavesdropping. The listening under the walls, windows, or eaves of a house to hearken after discourse and thereupon to frame slanderous and mischievous tales. Elections, frauds at. These offenses are defined by statute in each state and no general definition... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1892 - 1048 էջ
...are indictable at common law: 2 Wharton's Crim. Law, sec. 1446. Persons who eavesdrop men's houses, " to hearken after discourse, and thereupon to frame slanderous and mischievous tales, to cast men's gates, carts, and the like," are night-walkers: Thomas v. State, 55 Ala. 260. The expectation... | |
 | William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - 1893 - 558 էջ
...statute 12 Geo. III. c. (il, under heavy penalties and forfeiture, (i, Eares-droppers, or such as listen under walls or windows, or the eaves of a house, to...after discourse, and thereupon to frame slanderous and michievous tales, are a common nuisance, and presentable at the court-leet, or are indictable at the... | |
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Eaves-droppers, or such as listen under walls or windows, or the eaves of a house, to hearken after discourse, and thereupon to frame slanderous and mischievous tales... 
