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JE.HOVAH S
SE
RVANTS
DEFE.NDED
I
N
RECEN
T
yean,
and eapeeially
l i n ~
the fall of
totalitarian spirit upon the rulers, it
hu
become
neceaary 6a t Jehovah God ',
&ervante
be de
fended
in
the
courU
of
thit
laud
- Ame
ri &.
Such
would not have been dreamed of by the founders of
thia
eauntry,
who
6 00
from
rtli.poUII
perleeulioo dur-
ing and after the Catholic InquISition in Europe and
wisely ancllored and sceured the Iibertiea of the
peo-
ple in tbe fundamental }IW
of
the nation, tbe
Co
n
. titution.
n t'fery state of the Union, upward of three thou
aand Itrvanta of the
Lord
annually are faltely ar
rested and malieiously proeeeuted beeaUlM of their
worship of A m ~ b t y God, Jebovah, and for their
determined uel'elle of their right of freedom of
preu. Only and
all
thoee thus mistreated and
ar-
reate<
are Jehovah', witneaee.
For the sola pUl"}'I08e of aiding the
pel'lOllII eo
n·
cerned in insUting that justice
be
done, and
10
pre
vent malieioua proeccutiontl and diacardina the Con
. titution,
this
pamphlet
ill
wri tten.
Who
are
J ehovah
's
witnesse
s?
JehoVl.h . witnesses
are.
not a &eel, a
Coull
or a
",ligion. They an true and obedient Ie anta of
Almighty Ood, Jehovah, following c:xcluaively
in
the
fOOI.tePI
of ehritt
JtI UI.
R iigiMl it
the
doing of
an)'thin,
contrary
to the
will of
J ehovah God.
A c"U
ia a 8)'1tem of religioUlJ
belief
practicing
eeremoniCII
and traditioD l of men in an orsanUed body. A net
ia a religioUl organization of pertOlll who follow I
particular ereature in their belie
and praetiee a .pe.
ei&. rtligion
ba5ed
OIl the traditioIll of men.
•
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Jehovah'. witneaea . re made up of pcll"lOllI who
are entirely devoted
to
Jehovah
God
.nd
His
king-
dom
.nd
who
~
diligent and faithful in
urrying
out His orden 81 tommallded by tbe ~ f o e t High by
preaching the gospel of God'. kingdom by presenting
10
the people on the pubUe lreeta and
at
the
homea
literature explaining tho Bible prophceies, which are
God'. reve.led Word. This literature pl.inly ehaWl
that religion.
is «
8IIare employed
by Satan
through
Itllt\sh men to preyellt tho people from seeing t i l
'ruth
concerning Jehovah'.
purJ>08('$
toward man·
kind.
It
.how. furthermore that the time i near at
hand when Jehovah
God
is
about
to
deatroy Satan'
entire organitation, invisible and v i ~ b l e including
the commercial, politieal and eteleailltieal elements
of the present world and all pet lOllI who wmin,ly
.upport
d organizatmnl. That lUeh dee:truetJ,·e
wtlrk will be by Jehovah', invisible foree.
at
the
baule of Arm'geddon .nd is to
be
followed by the
complete establillhment of a government to
be
ruled
over
h,.
Chriat
JeaWi
known u The Theocraoy, which
will remain forever in tbe earth
to
bring peate,
pros-
perity, happ'inea, and
everluting
life
un
to al l per-
IOnl who Willingly obey all the command. of J ehovah
od_
Thill
WOrk
done
by
J eho ....h·. wilneeses is a kind
warning to the people to abandon religion and Satan'e
orpniution
now
and
livf ,
or
remain ond
dif .
Thil
work tannot
bf
distontinued by Jehovah'. wit-
ne :SCI
in
any eommunity,
reprdleea
t threata
or
interlerence of any kind, ~ a u s e If they rduse
to
preach the
goepd
and proelaim the warning thf livea
of thOle not warned
will b
required from the wit-
n _ who
rd\1loe8
Or fails to earry
u ~
the tommand
to give the '''Irning. Therefore they IIlUit obey God
rather then men.
Many
pel lOlII
obiect to the poeition of Jehovab'.
witnessee, We ought to obey God rothn than men."
(Acts 5: 29) They refuse to obey the UDoonatitu t ional
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commands of persons
that
they atop preaching
the
ppe l ; hut
rueh coDlmaDru are
nol
la ... S. LaW1 which
conflict
willi
the
law
of
Almighty God are
Dlwtione
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Accordingb', they follow in the footsteps of
Chriu
Jelua in going from
bOUM
to hOIlM
Matlhew
1
0:7
12-14; Luke 8:1; Actl20:20i I Peter 2:9,21.
But
from
the
1ega1 point of view ,II religi6w.r or
ganizatiODi
and
nao
worshipers
of
Almighty Ood
are put
in
the lame
c l .
and hence Jehovah' . wit
nellSel are entiUed to the benefit of the protection of
the law. The laws do not eontemplate and were never
intended
1.0 interfere with Il\y
peMlOru'
ltv or
meant
of worship, rtgardJea of wha t w.y or m lUlll they
employ.
It
ill
t
he
re lpoll8ibility of judleial o m ~ r under
t
heir
OIItluJ
to
uphold
the
Con
stitulion
and
protect
Jehovah', witnases from wrongful rTCIts nnd proo-
ecution. bI mis(uided
ptl'101U..
To aid them in the
dieeharge of Ibit duty the inlonuation berein eon.
tained
it
IlUbmitted.
The t l..M eharges whicll t
he
judgCl have been and
are now eaI.led upon to prevent
heirl"
applied
to Je
bo ...h'. witne111e8 I r t "lOlieitiog, peddling, ean . . . . . .
mg, Idling, hawking,
md
BeWn, from
hoUMI
to
house
and on lhe IIlreeu without permit
or
licente", "tres.
puriog, "oft'ending and
'nnoyin,
people,'" "ditor
derly oonduct," "breach of the peaet." "&edition,'"
v.grancy, ... "distribut in¥ leafl.eta and pamphleta
without a penn it,' "inCIti
ng
riot," "violating t
he
Sabbath
l
aWII, ,nd many othera.
U
nconsti
t
ution
al.
I n
ever')'
ease
the
I.",..
applied
to
Jehovah', wit
n_ea through the
.bo ...
ch.rgea
have b« o
held
un.
oonstitutiooal
lI
COft ll Ved
Inld
oppli«J ranltin, in
the
eha1'Rea being dismis8ed and Jeho'U.b'a witn
diacbarged
from
eustody.
Space doea oot
permit
quo
talion from Cry
cue dieeussing
the matter. Aeeo
rd
.
in,l,.,
partl of th8
outstanding
eaMl
are bere let
fortb
and
other CdeI
cited only. An
uamlnation
of
the
reportl
will
diaelose t
he
entire opinion in each
'.
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All eonstrued and applied.
I t
Ihould
be kept in
mind
that it is
the wrongful
application of • valid ordinanee or law
that
makes
it
unconrtilUlional
aDd
unenforceable u to
Jehovah'.
w i ln .
whoM work
is
lawful.
In tbe ease of
CoftGOrdLil
Pir
l"'IU"(lIiU Co. v. lUi.
floil (1934), 292
U.S.
535,545, the Supreme Court
of the United Stat.ea IBid,
"Whether
I ate • nlid 0'1'
invalid
unlkr
the
eqw
protHtion
ellUl4
ol
the. Fo
ur1.etnth Amwd,,",n oftt:n
dependt on bow the
at.tale is
eon,trued and applied.
H 111& be valid wben r i Y ~ I
1\
r r t i ~ u l u application
&lid
inulid
wbe: givw.
. lother
III other wordJi, the validity of the .ttlut. depends
on whit 1IClt
of
racts it i t applied to. II applied
to
Jehovah',
wilnelel'
aetivity. protoeted and guaran-
teed.
by the Constitution, the law be«lmes uneonali-
tutiona and void to the ertel'll applied.
Laws again
st
distribution
of
pamphleta with·
o
ut
. permit.
I n
wlldl
v.
Cilll o Grifj. .
(1938) ,
303
U. S. 444,
one
of
J ehovah'. witnesees oonvicted of violating
an ordinance whie:h prohibited distribution of IItel1l-
ture,
on the
atreou
or from home to house,
wit.hjll
lhe
Oeorgia
e:i
ty t
Griffin. She W811
going trom
houtIC
to house diatrlbuting literature printed by tho W.6.Tefl-
TOWER
Dmu:
AND
TRACT
Socn:TT and
recej,'ing in ex-
thl1nge
thtrefor
oontributioDl of money. The United
Stalol
Supreme Court Bet aside her e:onvletion
and
aaid:
ww.
think thll
u.e
o n l i n a a ~ iI
in"tllld
.. ita
r-.
Wbal.e'ttt the moti .......bicb inelUC fd u. adoptiOllt ita dIar
ader
•
wdi thl.t it
IItrikee
. t
tht
'tff'
t o u n ~ l i o a of
tht treeclom or the
pre. by
Rlbjerlinr It
to
l i cc .
.:lei
ee_rabip. Tb. atronle
for
the
fl'ftdom or
the pre.
.....
primuil,.
direeUd
againa
the
po ...
of
the lioeDlOr.
H .....
Pin ..
U: t t
power
tiuot John lI.iItora dil llded lI iII
~ t b,. hit 'Appeal lor lb. Liberty of Unl i _d
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Printinf'. And the- libert.y of tIM P -
nitially
• ricbl to publiab . . . . , ~ o . l • i_
what
formerly eooJd
bt pllblisbed
0111
. i l l one.' IS. Wiekwar, "Th. Sl.rp,-
f
ie
tor tile
Freedom
of the P. - , p.
15.]
Whil, that
rtedOID
rom
p.."iOllI
retUsmt
llpo11 pllbiiutioo
eatlDO
be reprdlld . . eduu•• lJ th, I'I'lr IIty of libaty, u..
preYention of that """rami , . u • leadiDc ~ in
the adoption
of tbe
_Ituulioaal proYitiGQ . 6f,e P ~ l f
••
_
lOll Y. C""'nlb,
20G
U. 8. 464, 482;
N
lii"auolo,
283
U. S. 897,
113-7141;
Chwi-I'
Yo
A-"cw"
Prru Co_
P& )I.2t1
U. S. 233, 246, m.
r....w.tioo
of ti l, type of
the OrliiDarlN ill qlXllUoa 1I'ould the of
lioeIu6 uel _ n h i p
in ita
baldal form.
"The liberty
of
lb,
p n . Wi
DOt
_a..ed
to
ue ....
~
and periodkala.
I t lI_ril
f t I Ib.--
pulphleta
and
leahu. Tb_
inde.d hay. benr. hiltorio _pona in tbe
ddenM
of
Liberty
...
th, p.mpbJet. ot
Thoma. Paine
otben
in oW'
OWII billol")' ablllldanuy alteR.. The
pre .
in ita biltori. eoPnotatioo
compn hetldJi eve..,.
.on
of pllblieatioll wbi/ II &tI'ordt • V1 hiele
of
inlonnalioa
&rid opiniou. What 1 hay. bad r e « n ~ oeetfioa
to
. .
with
rapt< t to
lb, ";t.. importanOl ot
p ~ l i I I r
thil
_nl ia )
liberty
trom "e..., .art ot infnDl'l'lDenl need
lIot
M
~ . t t d . N , ~ r ' I . J ( M l I ~ , . u ~ n ;
Grl l l j tu
v.
,A .... rku Pr, .
011 '''11>
lupn; D. JllllfI' ' I . Or'flil
[299 U. S. SM 8M], RPrL"
Similar decisions ho
lding that like
ordi
nante5 IIrc
unCOlUltitutional Ilnd elllIllot be apvlied to J ehovah',
witnessea are Sdnwi/hr v. Sf(lf. (19391,308 U. S. 147;
Stol,,$
re l
lVitlon dill. v. Ilu.sreil 1941),1 So.2d
569, whcre it
is
Aid:
COW'lIoCI
lor Lbl City 01 Clelf'll'atu rFlorida) ill bia
briel
detendl
lb.
ordiDane.
GO c.ha
tbeory:
(a)
tba' the
ehallenred o n l i o a n ~ e i I , wa.
me
.",; (b) ehiel
01 poliee b,. the w,1 IDII of t i l ordinane.
. .
wilboul ru.-
erel;on
in
the
iau,nee
or witbboldm, of
puurile;
(0) the
OI'dinanee i I dsiped 10 prohibil lb,
t.eaebiq
of III dOlI
tmu
ll of di8obRlI UOO 10
,II
ei .i1I1. . . ;
Id)
lbl cm:Iin..,eo
is deliped to prohibit tbe teadaina ot anarelly ..,d I
refuallO
..Jute til. f tq;
(I) tile
replat ion of the di .
tribution
of
the JINIIphltU
ud
i iknUin
WIder the I.e,. .
of the onlinaae. II in
blrmooy 'II'i1.b
aad ~ . the-
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Laws requiring permi ts
or
licenses
before
se il -
Ing
articles or
peddling
on the
s
trtela or from
house t hOUH.
)[lIny citiea
and
towns
hue
peddling
ordinances
requiring
pennia Ind
lieenaee
tor
141 01
roods
Wlros
and
merchaodiae upon
the
atreell and
from
b01i1S
to
hoUie within the mnnieipa1it7. Sueh IicenJel
and pe
r-
mill cannot be required of one engaged in distribu-
t ion of printed matter, either for money eontrihu-
t
ioIUI or
free
of
clIarge. Whila
luch oroinantea
ea n
rightly
be
aVplicniJle to
pel'3Onllelling ordinary
items
of morthandi,e or
goods,
they elMot
be
applied to
one who
is
exercising his
right of
free
pf'illS ,
Pam·
phlets and newspapers are not oonsidert'd 'ordinary
merchlndiae or goods or waros'
and
cannot e brought
within the terms 01 IUeb ordin.nea.
f
the
ordinanee by ita terms prohibita lleddling
or
tellin, of literature it is
void 00 ita
faee and unoon-
,litntlODol.
The
II treeta
and the hom
N
of th
e p
eop
le
are
the natur
a l
and proper
plaCM
lor distribution
of
literature.
Peddling ordinances
were
outlawed
and
held
un·
oo1l5titulionai
8 :1
applied
to J ehovah's witnesses
In
th., case or
c t i d ~
v al
(Town
of
Irvin
gto
n,
Now Jc.rsey) (1989),
80s
U. S. 147.
Clara
Schneider,
one
of Jehovah'. witneaes,
w u
going
from
house
to
hoWJl
in
Irvington
ealling
at
the
homoe
of the poo-
pie, oll'c.ring to them
the
Bible liter
ature
above do-
.e.r ibed lind reech·ed eootributionll therelor.
She
was
arre8ted lind
c h a ~ with
viol
ating
the local peddling
oroinanee whieb prohibited c.anvaaaing, aolic.itmg, ped.
dling,
or
distribution
of any matter
from hoUle to
house
or
on
the
IItreeu
in tha
town
without. permit
f
rom the Chid of
Police.
The
Supreme
Court of
the
United Stataa aet aaide
her
eonvietion
and
held the
ordinanee
l'Ould not
e
eonat
itutionaUyapplied
to
ber
work, and
8IIi
d :
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"A.ltbou,b .. m:ll1ieipality may trlact I'@I'Ul.t.ti_inu..
iaterMt of the pllbLie -..fety, health,
nit.,..
01'
COD'1 Il_
ioeftoe the. 1
Dol.
.bride- lb iadiridul libert.
_
Cllred by
liM
Collttitutioo to
th .
W q
with to
lpe&k,
write,
prillt
O ~
ei.rea.late
intonnatlOtl
01'
opiDioa.
"?atUD.ieip. &IItboriLi..,
. .
~ to the pub/ie,
lave
the dllty to kMp their COIIUIIllDiti_ t l a opt'll uel
.".i1AbI, for mOMmallt of peopkl uel property, tbe pri_
lII&ry
pllrpoloe t.o wbich .he
l ine a n
dediuted.• • • •
"[n oY'ry
use,
l h e r t t o ~ 1 ..hon l
.waU .
b
r i ~ l l I t
of tbe
rllbtl
i t ~ tile
CIOIIJU lIholild
be ulut. to
uamine the , I f ~ t of
tb, C h a l l l l l ~
leJillation, Mcro
legill.ativi prr:fonmee. or
~ l i e . t l
IftPfClln, matte
...
of
pllblle el)IIYenieno:e .....1I ",,/1 #liP""" , , ~ , , " " a l l
di tI#d
•• 0
. . . .
,urH1WI1 OIdittUiu, but be iMlIlliciml
10 J ~ i . . ' "
Reb ... dUIIiniabN the e l ~
of
I"icbu . c ) '.Hal to the
mainte" ..u of demoe ....tic
intlilutiona.
.And .0 .
..
_
.. rite,
\ be
delieat. and difIIcult taU
talb
npoa lb, eourll
to
weia:h
lhe eittamttan_
and to. .pp,... the AlbRa:>.
twity
of u..
re_ .dnnoed ill
"'Vport
ot
u..
,,,.
alion of Ibt
frM . . oy1mat
of
1.11, ,.;pta.
I I •• • M y burdf,n m ~ npon the eitf authorili .
in
df&1lint'
and
Qrill&' tor
tile
_mil . . . an
'ndirect
«1:1.
w q n _ 01 l I I ~ h dw.ribulioo mol
. from
the I O I l I t i t ' ~ _
tionoU proteetioa of
tbe
~ O Q I
ol .J*Ch ud p ~ .•••
.. . . • But, i i i
'Ire
hue aid , loW " ....
.
0,. ftIIhlral . d
prop'r pl4t
for , . ,
d ,lftlll '' ' '
of ''''ONIIO''O
.1Id
opf"'IHt; .... d oat
ia
lIot to lav, Ib, u • u ol
bia
lih
erty of
UpnulOIl in appropriate pl_ abridg.d
oa lhe
pl61. lbat ,I
may
It
Utl'tieed
in IODIn otller plaall...•
"At
laid
in
Lou,II
•.
CiI II
0/
Gril1_, fIIpr., pampbloll
laye
proved mo.t efleeti
.. wtromenll
in
Ihi d:i8len>ina
lioD
of opinion.
A JJerkp. , h
_OIl
.,. i.
_II 0/
II ' ; . ,...
10
loW _ i« 0/ , I ', d, Y
,ll r
ilUlri
h
.... 0' 'oW
40
." 0/
,Jo
pHpU On
tIIi.
_tIIod of
OOCIIllllUliealioa tb
ordir>P.ce ~ oen.onbiPI abuM
01 wt.id e n ~ d e r e d
the atmmrlt
\II. Englud whld .ven-
luated
in tht
eetabliabmll DI o(fbe doeum. of
tIM
frMdam
of
1bt
embtclied
in
our Conetitution. To ~ u i n a
oen.orWiip
Ihroop u.n..
whkh Il'lUe1
i m ~ i h l t
t h
b-ee
and unhampenJd diaLribntioa
of
pempbJe
...
rikel
at tb
1'U f
bflll1 ollbb ronstitoliooal
ruaran ' -
[Italics IddedJ
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Not peddlers.
In
BPl«HUky v. SIMA: (1940),199 So.
129; J96
L...
307, involving one of J ehovah'.
[theMeS,
the Loui. .
iann S u p ~ m e Court ~ t uide a judrment and held
that Jehovah'. willlesses nre not peddlers, and said:
WTbe piaUltilf
'UI diatributm,
&.lid wllill, boob
lind
PlLlllpble' T propaptia.c,
...
d cn-inalio, doetrillQ
of
the rellJlolD
lll et
of whicb e lIIembel'
u d
•
miniatn. From • reading of the .bo'we quoted pro"WOll
of the Act it would appear lb.t it doa nOI
_ I ~ p t . l l
Inll
. . t i o ~ of this lnlllrt' • • tn view 01 the \.Iture
of theta
l
ranMetiOlUl WI 111 t
the
II
pini
on
tbat
t.b,
LqilIalllre did not intend 1.0 requirll thOle cmgared in
d_min
.
tin,
the
doetrinel anll prillcip N
ot
an)' 'cli-
riOUI Ittt,
('tiber
bl the diltnbution, or ukl, of boola
or
pampblell pertaining to
iJUcb,
to pay • peddler's
Ii.
otUI ,
or to
c]...aily them ptddtara.
N
The foregoing
SetlWlMky
ease aleo uphol
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ot fadll
..,41
yet
nlid applied to
ILIIOt.beT. Wlll
Y. C- if___ 27-
U.S. ~ 1
n
1..
Ed.
10il;
O d d .
1V"'hr
JliUi lI Co y.
Bolld..... u, 251
U.S.
282, 6tI
1..
Ed.
23ti
B cto
'1',
W/M7
[301U.
8.
242, 82
1.. Ed,
9 111].
IJUpra.
I f
the _rieu
.
ba d 00 toIi4itint' the Alb«rip-
Uoa
of
.. plibliM.lion without
..
permit, it
u enor
m -
der the dllOitio.... of lbis e
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neues, who
wu « l n v i e t ~
of violating
an
ordinance
of tbe City of Atlanta, Georaia, providinl that
any
penon
_hoee
duty i t
shall
be
to
zqiner
their busi
Ilea and wbo ah.all fail and l tfuse to do «I ahall
be
fined.
The
ddendant
1I U
arrested while walking along
tbe
IItrtet and from house
to
hoU811
with
I
phonograph,
Ind wu
alleged to have told and peddled literature
to ruidwtt.
He
had
not regilUred
lIor
obtained a
licenBe,
the
ume not being neee.sary to carry
on
hill
work at pffilehing tbe gospel. The Georgia
Court
of
Appoall held:
We
do not think i t i t tlte duty or
.n
o r d . i n ~ d min-
iller
of
the
p ~
to
rtgilter bit
bD"n
with
the eity.
Neither
i .
it peadlinr for snth miDiite. to CO into h o _
and
pb;l' •
.ietrol.,
or to
prucb
lhertin Or to .ell or
dittribu1e literature de.liD, . j th hi.
faith
The
pftlleb.i.nr and teaclI.ng of • minister
i t
not neb
• busio_ ma,. be requirtd
to neUter
ud obtain and
pal'
for • l i
0
to do. Neither ;
•
Iale by .ueh
mu.iatu
of lnete
or
boob _netted
with
hit
laith
a
riot.liOil of a statuti apil l l l peddliar '
Alto the
S u p r e m ~
Court
1
South Carolina
held,
OD JDly
1,
1941,
that
the
ule
1 boob and booklets
by Jehovah', witnesses
doell not
constitute peddling.
In
the
CtISC
of Slat
v.
Tho ,,
Mer-edit , _
S. E.
2d _ , the rourt said:
"The literature unied around
by
lb. defeodant OOD-
li,ted of
booka or
booklet. entitled
' f tdUJ-' ,
'Salvation',
and
~ o p i c l
of
the
'Watchtower' mnpr.me, all of
\ l l b i ~ h
Ire
' p l l h l i ~ a t i O l l '
i.ut< .
by
the
W.ttbto
..u Biblo
Trael
SoeWity. Tbe teJtimOllY abo ...
Ib.t
tile maio and
primary
pllrpwe and
eeeupatlOll
of the d e r ~ n d . a n t ..... to
prueb
and ttaebl'.riDeiPtetl mW11 from
the BihLe,
ia
_rdaDee
...
itb
b;'
aith,
... I e , ~ r
_ 01' two _ r e
pothered to.
,ether
and
would Jia'.en to bim.. Ria ..... III
."angeliatic
_1 11:,
tor
,.bieb he rHei .
ed
no mate-rial
_aideratioa,
and to
,.bleb bI
dn'oted b;' l i f .
TbI diatributiou of
the
boob
a.a.d
~ p h \ l o t a .....
bIIt l.ZIothtr
Ottthod
or ~ b a n o e l
thfO\l(b ,.bleb r e dU8emlnated the nJigiolUl opiniou. ....d
helie . of Jehov&h'.
wi tn_
An
ulJll.iaatioo
ot
them
Iho
...
tbat
,1M, «nil ' IIOIA'IIg
06 ...... '0
g XJ l
..
,.,1IlI
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Of" h I , ,1 10 ,A. ,.0Nt Gl ,"110 ' " A ' i ' i t filiI, ~ ,
I b l ,...
~
a '
dillrib
.. io
.
01 ' ll4Ili/frtll.r,
til ..
_
I .
i ~ I A l 10
. , . . . . . ' , _.I.:
01 _ ..
d
..
a '
toOl
" l.o l
.d
10
'''11 _
..... ...,
~
co Od1l¢IH
~ l ~
HIIGl
' , .
Tilt
fftO'I'd
Iho
..
that
the
- 1
i
by
~
or Lb,
boob
and
pamph1ell WII
~ i ' l ' e d II
• eontribution to the ea..-e, IUd
.....
deYoted
to tbe pub.
Iieatioo ot other nligioof; lit.en.lun..••
Tbi. Section (7120) doee not porport either to de
l1li, th, o f t _ ot
bawkiD( or peddling,
01'
10 e,liarp it.
dellnitioo II buetofon reoogniled, but eimply deelal'6l
thllt
'uo ptll"iOtL
liball, II hawker
or
peddler, ezpoM tor
. . e or len ally goock, ,ara
t
and merebandiM in all7
¢OlI
nt
y'
without
lIaviag
Am
obtailled
a
li
een. .
from
t
ho
Clark
of
the Collrt
of
Common PI
......
Under
tbe eonoeded fada t
tbi.l
_ . be
'ale'
of
the book by the
d d m d a l l ~
WII _ Iy
eouat.nl to
the
maill
PurpoM
in which be WII enrand,
whiet.
... to
preach ....d kub
tilt
1eIIet. of
hill
ref cion. And
u.. onr
opinioa, it ;.
lIot peddling,
that word
i.
,uall, _-
Itnaed,
110. , rioflltiOll of
the ltalute,
for Il llliaiaLe.,
WIder the
cirewutanee.
Iho, , bere,
to
..uit t M
iIoIII
of
the
people, ahent
objeetiOP,
&lid
. .
a
part
of IIi.
preathin, &lid tn.cbinf to ofter
to
..u
or
lell ...
ia"iw.
litentlllre Uplanlltol']' of
hia
faith, wbeno 110
prollt
mo-
llYfl ia io'O'olnd. The .11, of
hia
boob and pamphlew,
. .
heretofore pointed oot,
WII merel, incidental 10
th
,
ehid ru poae of th,
dcfClldant,-wbich
w . Ihe Ipreed
ing 0 hia
mligion. . . .
Judpen
l fe1'
• ..-ed." I t a 1 i
ddedl
In
SIa l,
$l:
r . I / ~ o
1
l 1 .
l oodru
/T
(May
27,
194J).
1 So. 2d - .
be
Florida Sup reme Court found lnd
held
Ihat J eho'O'ah'. witnClll8tS'
takillg contributions
for end
diatribuling WClleAlolO,r
lnd
C()IU(IlGlion
magatina OQ the
eity
atreebl of
T&Il\p& d
id
not tol l ·
It
ilu
te a violation of an ordinllnce making It
unla
w
ful
for peddle ,
and
hawke
to eell goods, ",el'M and
merchaQdiae upoQ
the
street. without. permit , and
tb
e eonvletion
WII
Jet
aside.
The
eourt.
lIid
the
ap.
plication
of
tlte
ordinance
made
t
unOOllltitulional,
adding :
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T ~
real
lJueWoa then
q wbethtr
or 1I0t tbe onti-
a IICIl
e>omplained of aIId the pdi t i_ r
.....
witlaiA
the
uotptlOQ to the rea:.eral ruI. ddMcl
in
tht;
__
relied
1111
by
him aad e l ~ ~ l a . W. h . . .
u.rriliI.ed
~
and
.hile
W'II
the
u:ceptioa
COIItfDded
fOT,
b'tfl ..,ached the _e.l- oa tbat petiliOllu
ill
eo«red by the rule father
than
u.. ueeptioG. W I
do
lI
ot lbink t.be
onliI>anN
.ppm.
to to;,.. bllt
It
it did
it
"01114 be iII ... 14 10 that
uUnt.
SinN
\hit
i t the ea.,
81 ,m fS
rll. WU,OIl
.,. Row.U deeided April 8,
lMl
[1 So. 2-d 669] • . . . would _ 10 rule lb. ilUunt DUel '
In the ~ e of ~ i d
t l
oi. .... BorowDA of Brookville
II
at (I
lay 2, IM1), _ F. Supp. . the United
St4tel Dirtriet
Cou
rt
for the
Wtltern Distriet of
Pennsylvania IP'lUltM an I t t j u n ~ t i o n perpetuall, re-
atraining fou r mUDeipalitiee
wed
from enforeinlJ
IIpirat Jehovah . witncses
(1)
the
Brook:f ilIe otdi
nanu
prohibiting l8le of
any
roerchll.ndiae
upon
the
i t l ftta without. permit;
(2)
the
Clearfield borough
onlilWlCC
prohibiting ea.Dvaainglrom boUle to
house
Ind upon the Itreett lor
goocIa.
Wart. and merehan·
diM; (9) the 1I0nmen city ordinanee prohibiting
distribution by anyone of rintod matter unless a
pennit be l int obtained, an requiriug the applieant
to
salute
the fta, 81
a
requisite to
a
Iicenlfl; and ( )
tile New Bethleh
em
borough ordinance prohibiting
atreet preaching without
a
permit or peddling pri.
vately or on the pubUc Itreetl without a pennlt or
without a Jietn8e. The
court
held
tbat
aU lueh ordi·
nancea were um:on4titutional
when
applied
to
Jeho.
\ Ilh .
w i tn . and their eruorftment cou ld not con·
tinue.
II
aneh
would
be violative of the Fint and
Fourteenth Amendmentt to
the
United Statea Con·
.titutlon. There the court laid:
"The fUMtioa
ot eacll 'll'itD_
ncb
ordained min.
id.er ia to
..u or t1iatributa
1lIe
jl8riodiw. or tradli put
forth by
tbI Watch To1l'tJ'
Bible ok
Trut Societ,.
upon
th, IJlrftt or by
•
bouae·to.h_ taD,,,, In
thit diJ.
lrihution
rtl
igioa prMtieed and .dvoeated by
orpD'
med cll u
rtb
hodiea
it
dellOWloed a
' lOIN and
a
racket
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15
-this
bela, ill
..eo '. with
lbe
decdaratlont of
the
W.t.eb
TO'Wel'
pliblier.tiClona."
See ,180 DI'tIfI d Ill.
II.
Oilll o I .eu" . " . 1
d,
(At.y 2
0
1941
), _
F.
Supp.
.
by the United
State.
iatriet
Court for the Western Diltriet of
PennsylvUlia, declaring a peddling and hawkers' or
dinance invalid u appUed to Jehovo.h'. 'fI'\tn.e..
The fad that lIterarure III cl
a
im
ed
to be
sold
mlltters not.
In OommonWl Uh (Borough of Clcarileld ) v.
Reid
et
1ll:.
(
June SO, 19U),
_
A.
2d
- - .
th e
PenD
I)'
vania
SUpe
ri
or
Court
eet uide
a convietion ot two
of
Jehovah'.
witnesses who were
eonvieted
01
alleg&d
selliuglnd
olleril),
for
sa1e literalure
upon
thenreell
in
violation
of
the borol§h ordinance.
Th,
ordinanee
Will held In.-lid II applIed, .nd the court Aid:
' l ,
hiatoriea.l
m ~ t . )
'P'J Ipblew.'
i l l that {l wU
, . Oilll
01
GriJJ_ aapn.]
opmlOG u d In oI.htr opiD,
of
tb t
court
(Sehoeider .,.
State
,
•
; Tbornhill
".
AJab.ma. 310
U.8. S8,
1t7;
• • •
elG.)
Is
not limitecl to
'pampb
lellr' whid.
u
diRribuWl
without eoet.
Evu ,
s t u ~ t of
h ~ I o ?
Imo.... that
u.. 'pam
pbifb' refel'ftd
IG
b.r
Chief
JIQ\.i,oa BugMt in hi.
o
piaiOll, nil.
by Mr.
JlUhOll
Sulbtrla.od
ill tb
Of(llljou cue,
r e nol ttr
th llloat p4r t
cil"llulMcd
,raly,
bul
"e
..
diatributed
ta
u ~ r i ~
... or ..,101
'fhl)'
' ' 'ere the immediate pr tde_
10 ...
of
1Ifftkly ne-.papl llS.
. • •
Cador Q _
AlIni pam
phlet.
arrived al a rua.a.rbble
dqlf t ol lIaporb.aoe.
Nonr lido ...
or tinoe baa
t h ~
method
o.f
publication
been 11M by loeb mute.... of thought I.IId
~
Political omtin& of aDY ~ of
aaLboritl " Illmoat
Jl.lltirel,
_aaea
to pulpbTet-.
If
tbe Wb, " . . . . . .
~
IG command
tbe _ i o n of
Addisoa
nd-
Steele,
U:a
Tori.
foarbl with the terribJ, pea. of
S.ill.
' EU"1eio
pedi.
Britanniea,
Vol. 20, Pamphleta,.
pp.
Mf.e60. 'TLe
ampblet
ia popular au
iMtl"'llDleG l
of reli ';o. or
,Ilea"
eoob-o'l'en,
iJI
timet of.
stn&.
It
it .... ativ", 111-
upellli.,.
to the plU'ehuer,
llId to
th,
author
or
tl:.
pllblitber it OUI
be 1110.-.
limely
thM
a book boond ill
e10tb
or
lutber,
IILDd it
live.
agLbor
and
"aden I t
.
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JEIIOVAB'S
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mu.imUIII benet'll
of of the p_ ' TIM CoIWDbi.
EOq'dopedia, 'Pamphlet'."
In thill
connedlOll
we quotl from the opinlop of
the Unitt< Slates
First.
Cireuil Court of Appeal.,
Bocton, the following
dear ttltement
of the American
prineiplea (
11,11 '011.
t
oZ
v. Cill
0/
iil;wulaill
et at
taby 29,
1941]. _ F. 2d
_I
"Tbe t ~ t ar'll II.I.twal and proper ple_ for Pllf
p
of a.emhly, of intuebanp of thau,M
and
opin-
Ion
011 rtli8ious, political and other lIIatten, either by
III'ord of
mouth
or by
the diltribotioll
of lilontuN.
Su.,},
11M
of
lb,
_Inlet. and publ;o
p l . - ,
IAlIWoned
by
all
ritllt
-re,
hal bf.eome part
of the
liberti.
ot Ihe people
proteded
by the Fourlftl'lth Amendm9t hom
.late en
.
ero&cl&_l D.tguI". C.
I.
O' -S07
U.
S. 490, Gill; Selma-
def Y St..te, S08 v 8.147,ll1:1i C ..
t -U
I.
Con_tical.,
910
U.
S. De,
303.
We take It aJ.o
lUI t h ~ COnatitll-
tioaal
rirht
to
mall.
reuou bIo _ of
u.. Itfftl l
for
the
UfPl*'
of
diltriblltilll l ituatul I
it
IICI
I i ' d
10 .
I
;. "'" / .
II/
eMrl', but
illC'llllk
•
. . 1M ",10,1
10
til" til. «t.ro/llr. (Dr ...,.
10
. . to defray lila
- ot
p u b l i f l i o o - - - « b e ~ ,
I.htI
eireulalicm of
011'
"
opiniou
or
I.htI P"lpaptiOll
of one',
hitb 011 aD uterui.,
KaI.
...oold "'lid
to beeomt .. p ~ r o p . l i v .
of
c he w e l l ~
CI
to.,11 ...
Grimra, 80S U. S. 444,
&52.
10
Canh.,U ..
COIIntetieut, 310 U. S. 296, .. tWe Itttuw:
.....
in .....
i
datlld . .
aD
b.nllOnltilllliOl1a l rutrictiOll
011
tl . ri8h1 to
I O l i ~ i t IllDdI
lor
~ l i g i o U l i
object&.
. . . . . IIstrietiOlUl
properly applicable
to
ba
ken and
peddl_
.Uin,
ordinary artielea or
merehandiN on the
I l . . w
lII;,bl oot
be approprb. .. 10
rtplac.. the
... e aDd
dimibutioa
of
IitetalON of the -oTt ofl'end
lor
..... by
lb. pJaintifta ..... [Jtaliea added]
Thus
it
b clearly evident that to
hold
th.t freedom
of the pre. means
thlt
onl1 fre diftribution
or
"gift"
or
litel'ltuNi
b
protected by
tbe Constitution
ill
to lOund the death toll to constitutional ri,htl in
thb
country. Such a doelrine
ill
foreign
to
American
j l U ' b p M 1 d e n ~
and eontrary
to
the fundament.l prin.
eip " of liberty aDd justiee.
To
thus bold
;.
to moke
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17
the liberty
of the pres.
the privilege and prel Osative
ot the
ricit and
well·to--do and
to
deny
that
right to
the poor and 1 _ fortunate.
8M
Wo
tile
DIIIIed State. SlI.pretlle Coart _
of
a
e u
y. 0 . 1. 0 . d e l (19311), 307 u.
S. 4ge:
alto TllI D
U.
Knll
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"Green Riv
er"
type
of
ordin
an
ce prohibiting
calls a t r esidences witho
ut
prior invitation
or
co
nM
nt
of ho u
se
hold
er
Is
In
, .
lid
as
to work of
Jehovah
's
witnesses.
1 11
*lme munieipalitiel
there
are ordinances known
f\S the "Green River"
ordinance.
Thil type of ordi-
nllnee prohibits making ealla at
the
hOlllea
of
people
by peddlera and itinerant merehnnta for the purpOllt
of
Klling
goods, wares or mel'Chnndi811 witbout the
prior Invitation or consent
of
the
hOUlICholder
. Thil
t
ype
of
ordinnnce
hI
been
repeatedly
hdd
to
be
un-
eon.titulionnl and void
on
ill fllee. ·
• CUv ~ I Oitl.... I. (S.C.) .... A t . ~ ~
( ~ t . o b 8 r
2 1923),
U I S. E . 2U; RH/ Sill:
Hori#,
JI.;u. 1'. Cily ~ I Rieh._d
(Cllif.) (April U,
1924
) , 298 P. 12 i E6 P . ~ I ' Jl . . ~ d
(TUN) (0U0b8r 1, 19 ..6), 276 S.
w. 1011; O,.."b
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Such "Green River" o r d i n a n ~ has ,110 been
h e ~ d
invalid and uneonttitutional as eoMtrutd and applied
to J ~ o l l h
•
. . - i tn- .
by the United Statee: Diltrict
Court for the Southern District of Ohio in
ill
deei-
sian of
April
25,
l KJ, ill
the
cue t
Zimm.,..,IUI el
Ill. v. VilloO
o
et o ., _
F. Supp.
. where
In injunction
wu
granted to Jehovah'. wJtneaes. and
in wbkb thlt eourt.
said:
' 'It
rolla
...
therdon, that
the
I'fttrldiOll or the
",-
dinan"" . . tnfDreed
-raiDst
l h _ plaintlffa amollnt.l to
• dent.l
of
freedom af the
prut
and of
the
right ;It
( I M
lpeet' h, righl. I ~ r a n l e e d by tbe COIIltilntiOll and
p ~ ~
qain. t
state
infringement
by
the Fourteenth
~ n d m t n t AJlhouab
the
theory of the Ordilll_
i8
purported1r
t
the
llieo'7
ea a
ri
.. no IUIcli(m
10
tbe
detl1al of
tund.lInental
",btl IIIHI., tIM
Contti·
1IlIioa..
"Demoeruy 1'81 llpoll the theory I.hat u mell Uti
of . r ta ia u.amllabl. riplA, Iht .
rithl
. i
tlemoeruy
i8
to n r r i n
IIIDlt
be billed l lpoa mlllu.N tol-
erance and u n ~ n W l d i n r . They t i n
to
no u... or poop
the
r iPl
lei
d i e k ~
lei
another
.bat
bill
opipiOM
01'
be.
liili
.a..11
be. • • •
~ l t
ill
tbe ooncluaiOll
or
lhill
Court
thaI
1M
II'laintilb
ba.,. a lIQIUtitutiol1al. righl lei dilbibulo their Iiteratul"II
fTom
door 10
doo
r i a &11
orduly
manner, withaut inter.
fereu
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HOVAH S SERVANTS DEFENDED
within the
tenIlJ
of
ltatutea
pf'Ohihiting worlt and
bu.inees on Sunday and therefore ,anDot be guilty.
See Opinion of Attorney General of State of Ntw
York, 45 New York
State
Department Reporta 286,
Poopl.
v.
Pi"",
57 Misc. 569, 110
N. Y.
S. 22,
and
fdoJr o v. MONU (one of J ehovah',
w it n _ ,
155 P.
296. Their work of Detestity
aDd
eharity performed,
,"en though they t4ke contributlona ot money for the
boob,
prevent. tbem from being deelflred guilty un·
der IUeb Sunday laws. Thus ther lire entitled to Ihe
IIIme
pro
teetion accorded to "religiout" or "chureh"
OfgIl
I\lUtiOUI. See Commollwtollll
v.
Nerbi' (I '•. )) 84
PI.
St..
Jwp.
398
j
Cram ,
v.
H
orton
(
Mil
•
), 1
3G
A
aIJII
884;
Slat (Ken.) v,
Nudllom,
1
84
Kan. I» ; 4 P.
2d 464; 60
Corpu J,,'; 1056; Dill.
v K"
.p
p, 98 Pa.
St. Rep. SSg, ; BrVln, v. WallO (Ind.) 62 N. E.
666
; 127 IDd 42; Pt. Mod. I" M E. C \ w r e ~ v. D _
atU,
81
N. W. 111 ; 110 Iowa 5; AIl 1l Y
u ~
4
N.
W. 427; III r.
Hwll,
18 Idaho 175 ;
B lll ltU
1 .
BrooJu, 91 M
us.
118
"Pre18
a e t i ' l ' i ~ y
such as
d i l J t f i b u t i n ~
bookleu.
dOe
not come within prohibition of luth 'Sunday" l
aWIJ
,veil thoui h not done as an aet of wOl'lhip, aueh as
by newapapel'l. (See Pulilu .. Pub. Co . •. McNiGholl
(Mo .), 181 S. W. 1.) IIowevcr, the dlltribut ion of lit-
er.tute by Jehovah's wltnMSet b their wily Of
mc. U
of wOl'lhlp or .8Ilfvi
ce
of Almighty God by preaching
or deelarinll B ia ml M/lge concerninl The Theocracy.
Playing
of
phonograph recorda
and
distribut-
Ing literature atmeklng religion as a ana
re
ls
protected by
th
e United Statea Constitution, and
such does not amount
to
breach of puce
or
dis-
orderly conducL
Thu. W q e:tpl'elSly held in the ease of CC
ld",,"
Y.
Co",,"ticu' (1940
),
310 u S. 296, where Newton
CantweU t.nd his IOnl
Je8IIe
t.nd
Ruan
ordained
miniBtert,
eteh
one of
J e
ho
vah'.
witneaet, while en-
g,a«
in preaching the gospel from
hOU3e
to bouse,
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otl'ering literature apl.luiug the purpoet.a of A[..
MIGHTY 000 . . outlined in
Hil
Word, the Bible,
IUld playing phonograph reeorcU eonlaininl Bible
talks
were arreated
in
New
Have.n
, Connectieut, and
eharpd with statutory and eGmmon la" olfentes:.
Upon trial ther .....ere found guilty or violating a
ltatute rtgu atiIll 'solieitation' becallM
the,
went
from door to door and when pel lOllII obtained the
literature the Cantwells l1e< epted eontributiont there
f
or;
turther,
Jeue
was found guilty of 'breaeh
of
the pellU' because of
the
playing of a phonograph
reeord entitled "Enemica", dcaeriblng a
book
of the
lOme
name,
.lld
whieh
:reeord
was dialiked by two
Catholic lDen b«auae i t expoeed and attacked their
"religion". The United Slates Suprtme Court aaid:
"Tbt rt«Wd
pla,.M by Cant.ell tlllbooi* .. general
.nulr. 011
all O f l ' ~ ~ i g i o ... . . . . ~ m a
u
inltnuntau
of i.ltan &lid illjuriOWl to 1IlaD; it Ibtn ImgtN out tlte
ROII:I&n Catholie
Cbllfth
for .t.rictllfft in
terma
_hid
natllrally .ould
otrmd
Dot 011.1 . penone of that
ptl lllaaloD,
bllt
all
othen
.ho
l'elpett
the
l I_ t l .
htid
~ l i g i
faith
of IMir ftilows. The hUn:rI 1Ftre in faet
highl,.
otrended. ODe
of lbeat
aid be
felt l ib hitting
C4IItweU and th. other that he w u templed to throw
Cantwell otr the
Itreet.
The 0111 . . 10 tIIItillod he
lit
like bilting CaDtwell u..id, in anlWI'
to
the qllMtion
'Did yOIl do anything elee or he' 'l
In . otber
' tltlio"t'
'No, lir, beealUO
lie
aid be wouLd take the 9ietroi.o. and
be
wenl Tho otber
wllne. If:Itlfled
lll,t
he
told
Cant
...
U
he
bad
better
r-t
oft
th
e
.treet
hefn
.
IDmething
hap
pelled to bim .nc that . .u tile end of the matter
. .
CIQt.
wtil
picked lip
tu.
boDb
.nd "a1bd ap the ItmlL • • .
"JD
llIe realm
of
relirioua
I.itb, and in that
01
politi·
cal
K I ~ f ,
&harp
di6U"HlU11 ilMI.lD
both kick tbe te:ut.
of 0lIl man y _ the rIInkf:lt u n r to hi. neighbor.
To pernade
othus
to
hi.
O'II D
point ol'fitw, the pleader,
u
we
Imow, al times,
rftOIU to
e.uagerllIiOD,
10
9ili8ea-
tiOll 01 _ n who hue bem,
01' are,
prominent in ehllreb
OJ'
.tat.e,
and
e9f.11
to
fala
ItateDlI llL
Bat
tbe
peopl.
of
thi.
D.tioa hUI
o.-dained in tbe light
01
hiatory,
that,
in
. pile
of
the
r nbability 01u nd a t n -
theM
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""'-rti. are. in tbe lour mw, tal
to
enligh\.eQflI
"Fillion ....d right wndllet 011 tile part.
of
the citisaul
I I
• dellloOC\l M:y.
"The
tial
ehanderiati6 of
tb t . l ibern. i., that
lIIIiler
their
~
maD1
type.
ot
lite, ehandell',
opiDioa
aad belief I I den-lop ImlllolelJl.ed and lIIIoIMtruded.
N ~
,bue
it this shidd i l ion ,. than in
OIIt own
eounlry t o r . people IlOmpoMd of .... 1 . nee. ....d of
lIIan1 erftda.
T b ~ l l I
an limita 1.0
the
an te ; of t
b _
libel'ti• •
The
r in
timet f '(lm
th. eoere;l'e
activiti of t b_ who in tho de/uliOl1 ot ncial or reli.
&iou. oonuit 'll'ould ineile violene. and bmleb. of tho
IICeetl
ilL
order to deprive othen of lheir
~ u a l rlj'ht
to
the u:oreiM
of
tile;,
liborti-,
i.
Ilm
llhatized
by
evnnta
r
lImar 10 all. ThNII 4l1d otber
t ~ Q
of thou
limlu IhI lUtoi IPPNlprilou.I, lI1ay punitb.
~ • • • the petitionc ..... communicalioa., oona i
del"l d in
the lirbt of the
_illll;OII&
'
,..lftIIteet,
llIiMd no auch
clear and p t o pllbliol PftCe and order
10 rmdu him
liable
to
oon, ..eliOfl
ot the
-....011 I
• •
airtIMe in q ~ i o n .
In the Glltwdl
cue
the Court
abo
held that a stat
ute which
required
a
pennit
. .
a eondit
ion (lrecOOent
to
IOlieiting
tun& for
"a religiolll
or chantnblc
or.
pniUltion" was unconstitutional 411 a ,plied to Jeho
vah', witnessea.
Tn
the
et\Se
of City of Ulllf )r1
v.
khnbaklr (de.
eided June
28,
1Ml ), _ S. E. 2d __ one of J ehG-
vah', witnC:8 e8 was aecused of "diaorderly
eo
nduet".
The South Carolina Supreme Court found and held
in
thu
ell
all
follotl'll:
"Tbe
IIppelllnt
. .& I
one of ~ n JM........ IQt II
.ad
women, tl'bo lDW-red the city of Seufort ~ l J earl,. on
Sunda,.
morning, JllDe 30, llH
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AH
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epithet.,
. .oro.,
0'1' geIluns,
attempt to
provoke IUI_
other ..... 1 II. d«med.
ruiltl'
or dUo. . . . ,.
oonrluct,
&lid npoa _, ietioD tbfteot be bed ia
'1
Rm lOt
ul ' f tdiq ODe
Buadred
nou
.... Of' impriMMlmmt, lOt
ueee4iiD,
Thirly
da,..'
.. . . . We b••• earetuJl,. read
the
t.l.UaOllJ. all of
w h ~ h
ie
printed
ill lb, . . - . I , IUId
.... bd 11 1111 which
would jultitl _'riet;0Il 01 the .ppellaDt of • riolatioa
or
the quoted
ordinan
. . IUlda
..
l ~ l
th.
w p ~ t d
Wllrieted and Imwoed, 10 the latter
will bot e ~ n e d . . . •
~ T h
~ n d g m w t t the Cinluit Court I, vened 1\1 ie
the eonVldion Inel lentcote or
tb,
appellan t by
tb, Ci
t,
Court or Beln/ort."
''V'CrlDey''
IO
metimes
is
wrongfully laid al a "dis.
orderly eonduet"
clal'g$
against Jehovah',
witnUS11 3
when unlawrully interrupted in the doing
ot
tbeir
good work. e
K(lIMrifU ArcJur
[one. of Jehovah'.
witnll8lOl1 v.
INrd
Cr. J lI4icial Did Cftlrj 0/ B,rgefl
CCI'IIlIly
(l-J.
J.)
(November I,
1932
) , 162 A. 914, dee;
.ion by New
.1ersf Y
Supreme Court, Rlting uida ber
wrongful couvietion.
Th
e
fact that vi
olence is
threatened
al'ainst
dis
tributor Is
no
ground tor
atopplng Jehovah
's
witnesses, who r
ightl
y
~ i s t actua
l violence.
In W
Aihuil
v.
Coli/or?lilJ.
274 U. S.
857, Ole United
SUlCI SupN me
Court
said:
Tilt I.e tlld IJlfteb
i.
likely
to
rellIlt in caUsiDg
_ riOltDOII • • • II DOt tDo,,&"b to jut ify it . 11IppNe-
110ll."
In Dtoroo", P",bluhi"l1
Co
..... PlItl1 rold, (1921),
2'71 F. 479, where the mayor and othtr otlltia . of
Cleveland, Ohio,
'lll"tNl
prohibiting the dilltributlon of
the
Deorb_
If dtpew.d.,.f on the atreels, the United
St.-Ia Cireuit C o ~ r t of Appeals said:
I f i t ba -.umed lb.t the artide mipt tead to p _
eit.
othen ta
b ~
af
the
peaee, the
reply
Is
pt.m.
It . .
th.
dut,.
of
all olBci.1s
~ a r c e d with
praerrin«
order ILIId p e _ la IUpprHt Ihml,. ILIId promptly all
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pnwot (\lilly of diRllrbiDg it, illlcl 100 lo IM mnOllft1t
p u w o a ~ Ie exume Lheir lawful
and equal npla,
rr defendanta' u t i _ wu. lUltained. LIM -.tihttiollal
hbert1
ot
tvMY ( i ~
tree?'
to
lpe&k, w r i ~ and PliO
liah
bill
_timent..
Oft
all
lub,.tf,
briIr.,
fWpocWble
oalt
tw
..
buat of th,t
risbt,
wO'll1d b8 plaeed .. tIMe
~
of ....u r
p l l b l ~
olllri.1 11'110 for the EDomellt "'&1 clothed
"itb authority
to
P"'rTO tbe publie ee- gel lb.
ri,bl
to • tree p n
thll$
dellMyed•• , •
Another eue in point ill that of
Oitll
tJ
GoI IIAy v.
Pwt1WJm (decided
June
2, 1941, by the South Caro-
lina Supremo Court), _ S. E,
2d
_ Theft one of
Jehovah'. witnesses
was
diltributing literature which
highly offended the religioU8 .uaceptibilitiel of one
Fowlu, who attacked Putnam. Putnam resisted,
.tanding
hill ground manfully and firmly defended
the Kingdom intef'fttl in hannon, with God.given
inatruetion contained in the
Bible..
Putnam w .
pro.
eeuted
tor
l1 upon hi, _i lan l . On trial Put.-
nam, ana ot Jeho\'ab'. w i tn . wu eonvieud
of
violating an onlinanee or the eity, pertinent Plrta
of whieh
m d
u Collon:
"Any ~ n or pe.1'SOIla erNli l( .... y diaturblnr 110_
or
PII.king,
ereating or
ellpgUl,
In any b,.wl, riol, at-
tny n,htiDr
or indlll,ill,
in protUWl, obIenIe,
.bpain
or
volg.,
1...
1tI'1.tfI ,
• • • lball i t found
ruilly, be
lob-
jeel to • line."
On hearing th8 ease
on
appeal, the Supreme Court
of
Soulh Carolina held
that
"th,
detellUnt
wu
lIot
1tIillt:r,
in
our
oplniOOl,
of
aDy
• • LIlt, ....d it ill r l t U
tliat
.Fowler, wbo pro.obd the
dill\cllllYl.Dd wu lbe pbyaieal aa:r-r thr'Ollrbout, bad
110
nunDably _II
rOllllded
apprehemion
ot
bodily
h&n:.
or
d n ~ r to ill penoa. So \hat
the
ft &I QIl8UOQ
pre-
.erattd by the appeal
ill .m.tber the "0"
ooaoemin(
ntlicioo
and Ch.,.ianity, .potU 1I0o ..-
the
i ~
abo••
IlAn'Ilted (Putnam
wi
called
out
in a
norm.a.l
ot voiee: ~ R e t i l O i l ill
ruinin&
the DatiON, Cttriatianity
will
be
people"/,
a d ~
to
tho
pllblie
at tarre,
COIlItituied or Ih_ VftI
Gmticnt
Itral JlIItillutiOll
tor
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til. _ l i t made by Fo.l t t. It
q
plailll.b.t.t they 60 ntll.
h i
new DC t"- faet thai
pot_ . . .
4 rood
orde:r
torbid
lila'
Indi jduw
.b.1I ricb tbeir own wnlllP. ,... 1I a...
1UIlI0000oed the RM in 01:lmefOUI _
that ill
1M _eN
of
pantel
mltA
words,
DO
mlttlrr
bow
&ba.i".,
intuit_
ing.
,nuoge
or thrulenin, tbey may
be,
.nil not j_
tity aD 1t or battel'Jl
1I01e.
&c COmpaDitd by 10
Mtual offer ol ~ h 1 l i W n o ~ . - - - . J t b o u p they
may
mitipte
the
pullilhmtnt. Slate y, CooI'r, 112
8.
C. 86,
is
5. E. 845; Sutt\ ' . Workm.... S9 8.C.lOl, 17 B.E.
694; State .. , Jacob., 2S S.C. 29, S.E. 7119; State t.
JacUon, S2 8. C. 27, 10 S. E. 769.
"Nor un it be III_
filII,
contended tbat in attempt-
ing
to
d.efend
h i_ I I
undu
tho
f&eta
in t h i l _ ,
Pub&m
Y pill , of &&lull
I;IpGIl
J'owle.r. On.
_ellng
in lelf·
d e l _
to repel .... IlIIlnrlal attack ill lIot pUtr
of
'lIlt; be
IDlY
repel fOR\
..
th tOl Dfl and DOolUlue btl
.u-dettrIM
. . 1011, u tbe danaer app"renUy
_1[011&
Thil Suprema Court boldine upheld Putnam'. right
to have defended the intemJU ot the
KinBdom
and
clearly defined
the
re1igionilt as in
th
e wrona in
al.
uetinl' Putnam.
Thougb he disliked
the meseq:e Pllf...
nam a t offerill8, he mould have pUled on. For en·
tire
text of thil remarkable opinion tee CO I&o/aficm
maauine for July 9, 1941, No. 569, p.
8.
Tilt work
ot
Jebovah's witn6llSCS,
or
their
J t t e m ~ n t
that "religion iI e Inare , dOO8 not ool1J:titute a breneh
of
the peace
or
dilorderly conduct even whllll done
in
the prtMnce
and
hcnring of thote
who
are
offend·
ed
at
the meeaage.
People 't. Oulbri (18311), 2e N. Y.
S.
2d 288
People ... UJdo'tici
(1839),
19 N. Y. 8. 2d 88
Peopiol't. Kieraa oat a1. (lMO), 2e N. Y. 8.
2d
2
People
... NorthWll g
at (1940),
41
C.
A.
2d
2M;
103
Cal.
Supp.
*
People 't. C• ..,.k It al. l ~ ) , _ N. Y. 8. 2 d _
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United S
tat
es District Court
dtd
area Jtho-
,-ah , witnesses not Bub\'crsive
or
seditlonlsts.
In the
cue
01
uur
tt
cal
. y. SlIlij" do l. (June 4,
1941 ), _ F .
Supp.
.
wh
e
re.iz
faithlullltrvallu
of Almighty God were wrongrully jailed and beld
without bond Wlder falae eMrget
of
tedition fo r .1.
maat. three
month&,
indieted and
n1eued on
bail,
the
United Statet District Court for the
Eutern
District
of Kentucky ,ranted a permanent i
nj
unction holding
that t
he
literature of J ehovab'. witneQeIJ 11 not mb
"orsive, not 8Cditious, and did not advocate tho over·
throw of tho government
by
foree; and that 8ueh
1U''OKl uting
officials
be
mtrainoo
from in
tcriering
with the distribution
by
Jehovah'. witnes.es of their
Bible Iiteratlll'e. The entire ted of the decision ap
pears in the
Comulolio maauiue
for
July 9, llU.l
( No. 569) .
ReCusal to salute a flag Is
1I0t
rrouftd for In
terf
er
ing with Jehovah's
wUnesse&.
Jehovah', witne:.es refuee
to
wate
the
liar
of any
Dation,
not
becaU3e
of
dia'apeet,
b u ~ IOIe y beeaU e
they
are
in a covenant with Jehovah Ood
to
do Bis
will,
alld bealuae
His
oommandment
writte
n in the
Dible is thllt H is faithful scrvllnl8 must M ~ how down
to or salute nny emblem
01'
I)'mbol
of
any gove
rn
·
mMt
01' anything
save lind
exee:r.t
J ehovah God.
(Exodut 20: 1
-6
) Tbey
re pect the
III and the thinga
for whicb
i t
stands,
and
willingly obey a ll the laws
of the land whieh are nol in conft.iet with the la . .
or Almighty Ood,
01'
which do
not r e q u i ~
them to
violate tbeir covenant
with
Jehonb God.
The coul15 have reoopiUd
the rigbt t Jehovah ,
witneaes
to re tI8e
10 &elute the tlafr Ind
gra.nt them
proteclion of the Constitution in
this belief.
In
B y
Ioidl
v.
R(lyborn (April
25
, 1938) , 116 S.
W. 2d
836,
the
Tens
Court
of
Civil Appeals
at
Amaril lo
aaid:
"The ft.,-
i
f t D b I ~ l I I A t i e of the j ~ N
f tUbI_
IJId
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poww
or
the
United State.
":ene, t.onther,
I(U&lIUIlH
tIM
poIilioal hbert,. ot
tho . tiuo, but u Bq: IS
O _
IJlIIboIicI ot .be
jMl i - .
~ . I . n - a d powu of -
tounlry
wben tbey (UU'Ultee to tile aliw> tlftCIOOI
of
toMhmN
ill
I t ~
~
to
~ p
IIi. Ood
&6-
eordina' to tJ e dietate. or lila i e a ~ 8-}'OIId my
eomprW...wa are u..
Tapn e
ot pt'Ople. .ho c1.im ~
_pt
the protMtioa
of
Uw i:r
l O ' ~ o t
io order to
lfOrihip God lcoordiDg to
the
dictate. 01 their ODII.eieDOlI,
but
refute to aalule tbeU eGWlb'y'1 liar in recopUoalion
of lueb proteetioa. YII, A_reM 'ftHd.ouibl. 10 U 'IOCIo
COD"dud 1''''1/ 11. III C
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he.ld
that
it
was not unlawful for one of Jehovah',
wilneaet to refute to _luu the
f\q,
and that court
t t
aride I eonvietion of ono of Jeho't'.tt,. w t n ~
under tbe delinquency
law ot New
York. The boy
had
been
abo
expelled from
lebool for his
rtfusal
to
. . ute . tlag.
A like
eue
ill that of
["
r. HoleJld Le,.bt1f .
oM:
olMr (llay 6,
1941),
20
A.
2d 185.
There the
New
Dampahlre Supreme Court held that. Jehovab'.
wit-
n8lllel were noladin,; contrary
to
the law when they
refulltd to salute the
Hag. In
thie
.Me
the lower
wurt
had committed to the reform II(lhool three children
of Jehovah'.
witnead
...
ho had baen expelled from
publie school for refU lll
to
aalute the
flag,
The Suo
preme
Court
held
that
such did not connitute adin_
queney or
yiolation 01
the
law,
and relened \he wi.
dren. The court
aho
Mid:
"Loriq pweat. . .be do their -t IIW their obildru
ill
t'IIpport, IIl1.rture IJId
dmOllitioa
an ot more worlb.
tbo pmutiuy IDWII.
Ri(hk-oa
aud prGIII l I loti ft
-1
M
of
mw.
importance
Uwa
notioDt that chima
. i th
majority opilliOM of n a t II: torm or wbd
it the beat
_tho(
of ~ a c b i b palnot.ilm. . • . Bllt in
lie" of the
aureduHI in
"hieb the
Stal( hu
. l , , ~
beld
freedom of rdigiou.
_ . c ~ l I e 1 ,
it
~ impc:.ible for
III ttl attribute
to the
leail:lalure
u
iuknt
to
lIulhorUe
the hrealUllI' lip of
amir,
lite
lor
no
other 1 1 _ th
. .
beoIi of it.
memberl
hue -.imtiOIJll
religiou.
.cruplel not
.tLued by
the
m-Jorit, t the eomllluni T,
at Ie.ut. prorided
ihoee
.cnlpla
. . . .
uereiMd in
rood
faith, alld their
uerUte
ia
Dot
tinpd
with
immor1Ii.i.t,.
or
marked
by
d ~
ttl
the
rigbta of otben. " . . P'lIritr,
of
tbe
action
of the cbildren
in
u-.
reaanla
it adaultad. '
In Kefnwir ej do '1'. City
o
Jlo cotI:J
d at (Idaho)
(Uay 14,
1941), _ F. Supp.
___ the
United States
DilJtrict
Court for Idaho held that
Ontl
could not be
lawfuUy required to salute the flag and recite the
pledge of allegiance lIS a conditioD precedent lO dis.
lributiDg
lituature.
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29
Tb.
United States Dis1riet Court for the Western
Dialriet of Penn.tll1t'ania (R8id .t
Ill.
,. BrookWl
II
ol.
[lIly 2,
19.u].
_
F.
Supp. _ ) .tao held to
the
urne
effect.
in
enjoininll:
the
tnforeement
of
I
aim
i1ar ordin.net of the PenN1ivania cit,. 01 Moneseen.
Wearin( or ea.rrying lima
cannot
be
re
gu lated
b ,
requlrinJ' • permit., or otherwiAe prohibited.
The Suprema Court
of
the United
Sutet
80 held
in
the UIeII of
f MrMillv.
A/.abGmo (1940) ,310 U. S.
88,
and
ClUr.ot.
.... ColifrYf flWJ
(liMO), 310 U. S. 106.
Following l h _ S:J.preme Court opiniorll an th, hold
mgs of the J 1 Uletta Supreme Judicial Court
in
CO IIIIItOltItlt4iIIi V. Aftda,..01t
(19 -1 ).
32
N. E. 2d 6M,
and
CtmlmoluueollA
, .
~
(AprilS,
1941), _
N E
d_
Conclusion.
The abo . e
8ft,
e In,olvlog J ehovah'. w it n .
.nd
the
many othen herein referred to, are
just
a
few
of the hundreds of favorable decillions rendered
in
behalf of J ehov.h', witnoaes by
rair-minded, Jib
erty-loving
judgu
of the land of liberty. Such men
are holding up the Col\lltitution bulwark againll
the Romln Cltholic Hierarehy'l movement
1111
fifth
eolumn'
to . .
botage,
hamstring, ...nd
bag
and destroy
American
eonatit
ut
innll l
righllJ .nd
to
mpprees ire -
dom of wonhip of Almighty Ood. Hierarehy-ln.II.u
eo
ted
judge. would tolerate only
tboee
tnditional
re
Iillious
pneli
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JEHOVAH'S
SERVANTS DEFENDED
nu of _ritin , ...hid me Iwdl, cooi.eDd tor , &lid
10 ~ l i f e l Pf'OIIIote."
} Iany
lhoUllUldJ
of
judg1lll 1 the inferior coun.
of Amerlta
have talleu
under
the evil inflW llCl of
sueb totalitarian diclatorial movement Ind, either will.
ingly or unwittingl,. hive yielded to demoniud lud-
ership againat liberty; have
,pinel_I,.
joined the hue
and cry of the Roman Catholic Hieran:hy 10 'atop
Jehovah',
witnesses'
Ind, in violation 01 their oaths
ot office,
have wrongtuJly
IUld
withonl juriadietion or
ju tiflcation "coDv icted"
J ehovah',
wituOlllJCl,
f
ou
told in
PWm
94: 20.
Let
8uch
pu
blic o
fficials
notice.
Section 20
of
the
Federal
Code (Title 18, Seetiolll
51 and 52
of
U. S.
C. A.)
makOl It a Celony
lor DY-
one, under color
of ony
law
or
ordinance, to deprive
any ciliulUl of constitutional richtl
or
privileget. And
this at.tut.e Ippliet
to
otfteiab
who
ted:
to
collect Ii.
cwae fee. from penons oollititotionatly uempt (rom
,,,,,,,,,l
A pollee otIicial Ol' other otlIoer,
or
perlODI actively
participating
in eausing
or
making an Irrest under a
t i OniillDftoU,
ean
be Jar,OMlIII held lor genenlllld
~ i f l c damagc, aectl v, McDonald, 16ri U, S, 58, 89)
Violation of the above natute
il
punishable by a tine
oll8veral thousand dollaf'll
or
leveral yean impr ilton
ment,
or
both,
Among the oldest easel bn
the
p'o:inta herein act
forth
ie
tbe one recorded
in
the
Bible
book
of The
Aeu
of the A ~ t 1 e s
chapter:;
beginning Ilt VCrte
tWtnty-aix. DUleipllll
of
Jeeua Christ weN publicly
infonning the people,
diaeminating
lbe truths
of
the
Word of Almiahty God in obeciienoe tG
Bil
oommand..
luligionista
were griC\'ed and anrered beeaUM
God'.
truth
wu being proelaimed. The
e1erv ana
other
reiigionistl conspired against the di8ciplet who were
pUblishing
THE
TRUTII.
Thoee
COlllPi
rlltorll insti
gated
the
arn::st
of the diaciplet, who were haled into
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the judsmtDt hall. A higb Roman court then
tittinc
in
Palatine heard that e&K. After
hurin,
tbe evi-
dence, one of the members of that eourt, Gamaliel, I
leamed coUllleior, arote and,
addrrain,
hil
fellow
members of the eourt and all present, uid:
~ . I 're",
._
. . . . . . n, on" '
tIM
no,
I
.
, , '-
H l
... 1M.
- r t<
Ito 0 ' ....... I I will . . .mo
•• " ,U lh t l
_ ~ .
It It
1M
lOt
OM, , . .
' .M o t
. ~ .. I I
• •
w
II I ..
ha,I,
YO 1>0
lOll
n" n o n •• lh I
Ia-h '
. .
God."
T h ~
temperate
and
ulcbrious
principle all right..
minded per.ona alwaye follow.
Here
it
fa well to remember, .1ao, the Creator'.
Inu tl
word to
Hi,
humble eervanu: "They
[haten
of
TnE
TRUTH) thaI fight ataintt
thee
but the)'
,hall
not
pre\-.ill,.inR thee; for ]
am witb thee
uitb
JEDO·
VAH,
to
deliver thee,lt (J eremiah
1:19,
AM Hft).
Ver.)
An,
who
are
willitll hear, the
Crutor .bo
colllUeia:
'I. . .
M _w
, ....
,_ . 0 ~ .
_I
. . . .
""
' . . . . . . .d
. . . . , . .
,
. . . . . . .
of
til_
..
.u..
.......
JIlHOVAH
w
f u r
,
.....
, . .
"Ie. wl,,, 1""",1011,,• . III.. H Ion. T H . IIINO, lUI . . . . . .
•10,.,.• • nd ,.. " ••• rr-. .". W17, w ..... " •• _oil . II " '10 .
btll
1 l i l t
.
I N I . . . . I". , .
1110
~ I U.llr
tt100t
." . . ..... -10 ..
... "
10.1"
To aid .ll in ineil uns: on the doing of fuatlce thb
booklet ie
Confidently aubl'llitted,
W"TCflTOWU
BlBUI:
.um T ....cr Socmn, IKa.
Brooklyn, New York.
August, 1941.
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INDEX
"We oboe, Ood ntber thaD lllea-
~ n d by Cou .itutica ~
S
Wl"OIlIral applieation mUN 11 ua-.titvtiOD.l.l _ II
Cuaot
require ~ or permit
to
diatribul.6
bocIb and
p e l l l p l ~ _ _______
II
Court.
11 11111
ol
ON
u
to
parlilan
doemanda
or
people
0
to
prolftt
tn.
wonbip
1
Opoa tile etteN I.Dd tr- - to IIoI1llll
proper
~
or
diltributica or Iitentun 8 \1
C o o ~ e a i e a .
to publie otllomi
aot
(l llUd. for
I I p p ~ i o l l _
_ _ \I
Jebeu..b',
w i ll l
do
not _I lib;'
"poddlm,: I.Dd ba kiu,., I t
..
10-16
F n
thallllOlM'J'
ie
reeei-'
mn d w l p for litel lltul1i
doell aot
permit ftICIIlatioa or i l l ~ 1>-11
Jehenh'l w i l n .... ord.aiatcl ,iDisteri ___ 11
0rdiD
...._
prohibitin,
eaUill, 't b o _
witbout
prior
inTilttioli ....
l I o l a p p l i ~ b l e
to Jebcrrah'.
itn_
18, 19
"SUDda)'· 11 ,
&nI
lOt
.pplieablt
to the work 19,20
A.ltac:kinr
rll rica
..........
ie
upbtld
by II(ftlrtI _
20-23
Ti>rut
of
'floIeM.
i I Pot
~ d
few
.toppin, ork
23.-
.el f -Get_
by Jeb01'ab. w i ~
upheld
__
_
Jeho.ah'. w i t n not I1Ihnrtl to ,crrenllUf.llt _
2CI
F\ar-u ut4
ret_
lIot
IfOUd for
.toppill( work __ 26-2IiI
OMeus
depriTiDa: ODe
1 lneGom
lithia ill
dtmacw SO, SI
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