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SPENCE v. COLE

No. 5082.

137 F.2d 71 (1943)

SPENCE, Chief of Police, v. COLE et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

July 14, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Hall, of Elizabeth City, N.C. (J. W. Jennette, of Elizabeth City, N.C., (on the brief), for appellant.

Hayden C. Covington, of Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellees.

Before PARKER, SOPER, and NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a decree enjoining the Chief of Police of Elizabeth City, N. C., from arresting or interfering with plaintiffs in preaching the Gospel or in distributing booklets, tracts and pamphlets used by them for the purpose of stimulating private Bible study. Plaintiffs are members of the sect known as Jehovah's Witnesses. They were threatened with prosecution by defendant for violating an ordinance of Elizabeth City which declared it to be...

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