Show SC SCOPES PES L LOSES SES IN UATI Bill of Exceptions Is Is' I Stricken Out I KNOXVILLE I Tenn n Oct 24 United Press The Press The supreme court I of ot Tennessee today Upheld a 11 plea I filed flied by Attorney General Thompson Thomp Thomp- J son to strIke from the record of ot the Scopes evolution case the defendants defendant's defendants defendant's defend defend- ants ant's bill of ot exceptions defend I The motion contested the bill of ot exceptions on the ground that it It had been filed rIled after tho the day 30 limit granted by Judge Raulston at Dayton Dr John R R. R Neal Scopes' Scopes counsel had alleged In his answer I that the courts court's order had been bee Illegally changed to cut the limit down from sixty to thirty days das The courts court's action today means that the Scopes case when finally settled must be decided upon the validity of the evolution anti-evolution law lawand lawand lawand and the accuracy of ot th the Indictment only The ruling out of ot the bill of ot exceptions tak takes take's s away from the supreme court the duty of passing upon whether or not the excluded l defense testimony Is conclusive but still leaves at Issue the question of ot the judges action In refusing to let the Jury hear the experts on on evolution I i tion I |