Show the new jersey law against profane swearing has been in force for more than two hundred years the statute of 0 which it Is a part has been revised many times but the clause prohibiting profanity lias has remained unchanged I 1 therefore it cannot be justly regarded i as one of the blue jaws laws that were on en acted long iong ago and were permitted through oversight to remain on the books the penalty is a fine of 50 cents for each oath only a few years ago a man was fined 1350 tor for a string of oaths there is however in every i state quite as effective a law against i profanity as is written in any statute I 1 it is not the rule of right tor for those who i live rightly need no restraint against the utterance of oaths it is the j ten enactment of good society that there is no longer any such thing as aa swearing like a gentleman gentlemen do not swear and even their imi gators avoid swearing |