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CITY OF SUMTER v. LEWIS ET AL.

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241 S.C. 364 (1962)

128 S.E.2d 685

CITY OF SUMTER, Respondent, v. James E. LEWIS, Freddie Lee Williams, Leckyler Gillard, John E. Toney, Johnny Lee Davis and Roosevelt McCollough, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

December 3, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Ernest A. Finney, Jr., of Sumter, William W. Bennett, of Florence, and Jenkins & Perry, of Columbia, for Appellants.

Messrs. C.M. Edmunds, of Sumter, and Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, and Everett N. Brandon, Assistant, Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent.

December 3, 1962.

LEGGE, Acting Associate Justice.

The six appellants, Negro college students, were arrested on October 12, 1960, and charged with breach of the peace. On November 22, 1960, they were tried before the Recorder of the City of Sumter, without a jury, and each was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars or to serve thirty days in prison. This appeal is from a judgment of the Circuit Court affirming their convictions.

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