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Jehovah's Witnesses jailed in 1936...
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April 29, 1936
THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 29, 1936
* Jehovah's Witnesses jailed in Orange NJ
* Under Joseph Franklin Rutherford leadership
* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society leader
The top of page 5 has a very small and discrete one column heading: "15 Jehovah Witnesses Jailed" (see image)
Complete with 44 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.
Note: At Orange, New Jersey, twenty-four of Jehovah’s witnesses were sentenced to pay a fine of One Hundred Dollars each, and imprisonment for thirty days. Ten others to pay a fine of One Hundred Dollars each. The offense of these Christians was the handing of one piece of printed matter to another person in town, which printed slip of paper contained information concerning the Bible and its teachings. Here Roman Catholic Hierarchy influence was employed to intimidate citizens and prevent them from signing appeal bonds in behalf of the defendants.
Category: The 20th Century
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