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Snake handling pastors found guilty of contempt in Tennessee
In Cocke County, Rev Liston Pack and Rev Alfred Ball were convicted on contempt charges for disobeying a court order prohibiting poisonous snakes at church services. Pack admitted handling snakes. Ball was fined and both had jail sentences suspended until snake handling resumes. A separate death linked to the practice was noted.
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Newport, Tenn
East Tennessee
Liston Pack
Cocke County Circuit Court
Holiness Church of God In Jesus Name
Georgia
Pack
Buford
George Shepherd
Buford Pack
Alfred Ball
Shepherd
Murl Bass
Signal Mountain
Tenn
Bass
Chattanooga
Ball