Legal Opinion
State v. Meredith
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided July 1, 1941No. 15287PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Associate Justice Fishburne.
The defendant, Thomas Meredith, belongs to a religious society or organization called “Jehovah’s Witnesses,” and was tried and convicted in a Magistrate Court in Beaufort County on a charge of violating Section 7120 of the Code of 1932. Upon appeal the Circuit Court affirmed the judgment of conviction, and appellant brings his appeal to this Court upon various exceptions.
The facts adduced to sustain the conviction follow: On the day of his arrest the defendant, supplied with books and pamphlets on religion’s subjects and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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