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- Title: Cantwell Et Al. v. Connecticut
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 20, 1940
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
Description
Newton Cantwell and his two sons, Jesse and Russell, members of a group known as Jehovahs Witnesses, and claiming to be ordained ministers, were arrested in New Haven, Connecticut, and each was charged by information in five counts, with statutory and common law offenses. After trial in the Court of Common Pleas of New Haven County each of them was convicted on the third count, which charged a violation of ? 6294 of the General Statutes of Connecticut, and on the fifth count, which charged commission of the common law offense of inciting a breach of the peace. On appeal to the Supreme Court the conviction of all three on the third count was affirmed. The conviction of Jesse Cantwell, on the fifth count, was also affirmed, but the conviction of Newton and Russell on that count was reversed and a new trial ordered as to them.