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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 8, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 6.

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An Error

By Editor

An Error.—In an issue of January 11 we stated that Mr. George McLafferty, of Aberdeen, Wash., had been fined and imprisoned for refusal to serve on a jury on the Sabbath of the Bible. We learn from his father, under date of January 26, that he was not at that time imprisoned. He was fined fifty dollars for refusing to serve as juror on the Sabbath, and was given till the end of the term to settle. He refused to pay the fine. The court took a recess, and the jury were no longer needed. What the court will do remains to be seen. Mr. McLafferty rightly has not paid his fine. Will the court send a man to jail for conscience' sake?