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HARTFIELD v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

Nos. 21811, 21813.

363 F.2d 869 (1966)

Ben HARTFIELD et al., Appellant, v. The STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, Appellee. Shirley ANDERSON et al., Appellant, v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 21, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin E. Smith, Jack Peebles, Smith, Waltzer, Jones & Peebles, New Orleans, La., for appellants.

James K. Dukes, Hattiesburg, Miss., James Finch, Dist. Atty., Hattisburg, Miss., Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen. of State of Mississippi, Will S. Wells, Asst. Atty. Gen. of State of Mississippi, Peter M. Stockett, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. of State of Mississippi, Jackson, Miss., for appellee.

Before WHITAKER, Senior Judge, and WISDOM and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The appellants in these cases were arrested by state authorities in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and charged in the County Court for Forrest County with "engage(ing) in picketing, or mass demonstration, in such a manner as to obstruct or interfere with free ingress or egress to and from the Forrest County Court House, a public building, owned by Forrest County, Mississippi, against the peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi." (House Bill 546, Mississippi...

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