“With mere guilty intention, divorced from an overt act or outward manifestation thereof, the law does not concern itself.”
How later courts described this case
- “With mere guilty intention, divorced from an overt act or outward manifestation thereof, the law does not concern itself.”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Mr. Justice; Shaw
specially concurring: I agree with the conclusion but not in all that is said in the opinion.