Opinion of the Court. We are of opinion, that the judgment of the court below ought to be affirmed. It is now too late to make the objection first stated, and as to the second there is no clearer principle that the action is not barred, because the statute creating the offense has been repealed. If the words spoken, had charged an offense to have been committed in another state, which is not punishable here, still they would be actionable, Judgment affirmed.
An offense against a temporary statute can not be punished after the expiration of the act, unless a particular provision by laws be made for that purpose. 7 Wheat., 551.
One guilty of perjury in proceedings under the bankrupt laws, cannot be prosecuted for the offense, after the repeal of the law. United States v. Passmore, 4 Dall., 372.