Legal Opinion
Cox v. New Hampshire
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 31, 1941No. 502PublishedCited by 1,031 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
Appellants are five “Jehovah’s Witnesses” who, with sixty-three others of the same persuasion, were convicted in the municipal court of Manchester, New Hampshire, for violation of a state statute prohibiting a “parade or procession” upon a public street without a special license.
Upon appeal, there was a trial de novo of these appellants before a jury in the Superior Court, the other defendants having agreed to abide by the final decision in that proceeding. Appellants were found guilty and the judgment of conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the State. State v. Cox, 91 N. H. 137;…
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