Letters of Jesse Washington Carter, 1941-1942.

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Letters of Jesse Washington Carter, 1941-1942.

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This group contains five letters that deal with an alleged beating of a Jehovah's Witness in Corning, California, and general harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses in that same town. The letters are between Justice Jesse W. Carter, California Superior Court Judge Herbert S. Gans, and Ernest Besig, Director of the Northern California Branch of the American Civil Liberties Union.

5 letters.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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California. Supreme Court

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American Civil Liberties Union. Northern California Branch

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Besig, Ernest.

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Gans, Herbert South, 1873-1951.

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Herbert South Gans was a California Superior Court Judge. From the description of History of Tehama County, 1951, June 1. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 84283738 ...

California. Superior Court (Tehama County)

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Carter, Jesse W., 1888-1959

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Jesse Washington Carter was born in Carrville, California in 1888. In 1913, he graduated from Golden Gate Law College, and in 1913, Carter opened a law office in Redding, California. In 1918 he became the district attorney for Redding; he also served as city attorney for Mt. Shasta and Redding. In 1939 he became a California state senator and was appointed to the state supreme court. He served until his death in 1959. From the description of Letters of Jesse Washington Carter, 1941-1...