Morris v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Henry Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. J. M. Carmichael. The defendants, Morris and others, indicted for disturbing religious worship, were members of tho “majority” faction of a negro church, known as the “New Juclson Church.” This “majority” faction had expelled from membership in the church the “minority” faction.
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Appeal from Henry Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. J. M. Carmichael. The defendants, Morris and others, indicted for disturbing religious worship, were members of tho “majority” faction of a negro church, known as the “New Juclson Church.” This “majority” faction had expelled from membership in the church the “minority” faction. On the occasion of the present alleged disturbance, the defendants went into the church where services were being conducted by one Cobb, a minister of the “minority,” and notified him that he could not preach there that day. The court excluded testimony which tended…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
There was testimony offered tending to show that Cobb, the minister, and those attending for worship under his ministration, had been expelled from membership in the church in which they were worshipping, at the time the alleged disturbance took place. Testimony was also offered, tending to show that the non-expelled members, with their minister, were also in attendance, for a like purpose. This testimony was ruled out at the instance of the prosecution. In this we hold that the circuit court erred.
Under our constitution and laws, while we accord toleration and protection to all religions…
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