Accuse No Man Falsely

In olden times, most of the military duty was in the nature of police service. It could scarcely be within the province of any soldier to-day to falsely accuse any one. A policeman, however, would have such an opportunity. Either spite, or revenge, or malice, or affronted dignity, might lead some police officer to exaggerate some fault, and thus to falsely accuse–to accuse more than would be proper, or to make an accusation out of total fabrication. All this, of course, would be contrary to the principles of righteousness, and hence contrary to the Divine will.