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CITY OF CHARLESTON v. MITCHELL

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239 S.C. 376 (1961)

123 S.E.2d 512

CITY OF CHARLESTON, Respondent, v. Christopher MITCHELL, John Bailey, Joseph Gerideau, James Gilbert Blake, Andrew Brown, Alvin Delford Latten, Fred Small, Cornelius Fludd, Charles Butler, Francis Johnson, David Paul Richardson, Joseph Jones, Alfred Hamilton, Harvey Gantt, Allen Coley, Kenneth Andrew German, Carolyn Jenkins, Arthuree Singleton, Jenniese Blake, Delores Brown, Annette Graham, Cecile Gordon, Verna Jean McNeill and Minerva Brown, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

December 13, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Jenkins & Perry, of Columbia, and John H. Wrighten and Russell Brown, of Charleston, for Appellants.

Messrs. Morris D. Rosen and Robert L. Clement, Jr., of Charleston, for Respondent.

December 13, 1961.

MOSS, Justice.

The twenty-four appellants, all of whom are Negro high school students, were arrested on April 1, 1960, and charged with the violation of Section 16-386, as amended, of the 1952 Code of Laws of South Carolina, and Section 33-39, 1952 Code of the City of Charleston.

The appellants were tried before the City Recorder in the police court of the City of Charleston, on April 19, 1960. Each of the appellants was found guilty...

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