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Re: Carrying the Bible an Offense?

To: "Timothy C. May" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Carrying the Bible an Offense?
From: Simon Spero <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 08:24:19 -0800 (PST)
Cc: [email protected]
In-Reply-To: <ad47f4eb0e021004f610@[205.199.118.202]>
Sender: [email protected]

On Wed, 14 Feb 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
> 
> 1. Private citizens (the atheist in this case) do not file criminal
> charges. They may swear out a complaint ("I witnessed John Doe carrying a
> Bible"), but they do not file criminal charges.
> 

I don't know about the US, but under British common law it's possible to 
bring private prosecutions; this is incredibly rare, but still possible.


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References:
- Carrying the Bible an Offense?
  - From: [email protected] (Timothy C. May)

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