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proved untounded. vvr:’onSYKES MAKES PLEAFOR TENTED CHURCHKisitllOlto tSwluploiHcidorpectoMaintaining that he was a peaceable citizen but using veiled threats win that if necessary he could use tlie ‘sword,’ Prophet Joshua Sykes this morning appeared before the city council to grant him a permit to main- j stri tfcift the tented tabernacle on Derby * h street. ^SykCvS read the police report on the fus petition signed by residents of Derby sir and Stuart streets declaring that the j on tabernacle constituted a nuisance. He declared that there was no nuisance within the meaning of the law and said that he and his people proposed to stay in Berkeley, even if it should be necessary to take the case of a violation of the ordinance to the Supreme Court of the United States. * “Should it be necessary,” said Sykes, “ I will take this question to the highest court in the land. Yesterday the case was held over on the suggestion of the judge, 1 did not askfor any time. I may find that it isnecessary to enlarge the tabernacle r— I and would then erect a building on [ to the land at present occupied by our t I church. T have a verbal option to pur-the I chase this land/' .j ke| The mayor and councillors heard Sykes without making any comments and no action was taken.tiRit;1 ,wSaacthR(■ticwiw!ththasthnnmr nr *? at rvnnne n
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Berkeley Daily Gazette
Berkeley, California, US
Fri, Jun 23, 1916
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