Show Evolution Evolution Bible Bible F Forces Open ten W War arin in Earnest On Motion to Quash COURT COURTROOM OOM Dayton Tenn enn July 13 By Dy the Associated Press PressA A A motion to quash the indictment against John T. T Scopes charged with violating the Tennessee law against the teaching of evolution theories in the public schools brought the first clash of the trial In the Scopes forum of the court Jonn Joan R. R Neal submitting the mOtion motion mo mO- tion to quash cited fourteen reasons selected by the defense on which to base the motion The rhe contentions were vere nearly all related to the const con constitutionality con con- i st of the act claiming that both the constitution of Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- I and that of ot the United States were violated in the act of ot the TenI Tennessee Ten Ten- I general assembly Mr Neal eal called caned attention of the I court to what he termed general general- I lack of information as to the power power of the court to rule on the He said many otherwise well welI Informed lawyers did not know that the court had this authority and was sworn to uphold it as an officer of the state He called attention to the language language lan Ian guage of the Bible in telling the I story of creation and said that I everyone might have a different in interpretation interpretation interpretation in- in of the divine story of creation He lie also declared the act is not noi proper under the police power o of the state He said he would have havethe havethe havethe the legislature enact a bill prohibiting prohibiting prohibiting the theory and making the punishment death The speaker claImed that the evolution evolution evolution evo evo- lution theory was established as rea- rea as the theory Continued on page 3 |