State v. Linkhaw
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state-v-linkhaw-262-6956014
title:
State v. Linkhaw
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State v. Linkhaw, 69 N.C. 214, was a case in which the North Carolina Supreme Court reversed a criminal conviction for disturbing a religious congregation. Defendant William Linkhaw, a Methodist, sang so poorly in church that a grand jury indicted him for disrupting the church's services. At trial, the evidence showed that Linkhaw's singing was so bad that the pastor once declined to sing a hymn at all. When a witness imitated Linkhaw's manner, the entire courtroom burst into laughter. Some of h
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1873 case of the North Carolina Supreme Court
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_v._Linkhaw
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2023-09-27T22:32:12Z
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