Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-15 | Page 1 | Court Upholds Law on Which John Scopes Was Convicted

S COURT UPHOLDS LAW ON WHICH JOHN SCOPES WAS ViAS CONVICTED One Justice However Holds Evolution Anti Anti Law Invalid SENTENCE CE REVERSED Dayton Judge Tn T Fining School SchoolTeacher SchoolTeacher Teacher 50 NASHVILLE Tenn Jan 15 13 1 By The Associated The Press Press Tennessee supreme c court urt upheld the states state's evolution anti-evolution b law w to- to today to today day In an opinion on the case of John T Scopes The Tho opinion delivered by Justice Green while affirming the constItutionalIty of the anti antievolution antievolution antievolution tion law reversed the l courts court's verdict on the ground thata a judge can not assess s a tine flue ot Of more than 50 30 O that being thi th- duty duty of the Jur jury Associate Justice McKinney In Ina ina Ina a dissenting opinion declared his belief that the tho act Is invalid The whole court agreed that the verdict must be reversed of the amount of the fIne tine