Reams stayed in legal hot water
An excerpt from the 6th Printing of Curse Causeless Shall Not Come
DATELINE: Superior Court House, Blue Ridge, Georgia.
I was in Blue Ridge and witnessed personally the following outrageous action by Honorable Samuel P. Burtz and have a copy of the proceedings (Civil Action No. C74-63) now before me.
Previously, the Superior Court had ordered Dr. Reams to cease counseling the sick and dying. As Pastor of Inter-faith Christian Church, Dr. Reams believes that his work is well within the language and intent of the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Health Message of the Bible should not be ruled illegal to be taught in any State in the Union.
So the good Doctor continued right on with his work. He was hauled back into court and found in "Contempt of Court" and ordered to jail with a heavy fine. He appealed to the State Supreme Court. However the Medicine Men have influence there too, and the "Contempt of Court" ruling was upheld and Dr. Reams found himself back in Blue Ridge Court House again.
The press was there, several very favorable to Dr. Reams. The Judge held his "Hearing" in his "Chambers" so that the press and citizens would be barred from hearing. Yes, Dear Reader, these things do happen now in the "land of the Free and the home of the Brave." The Plaintiff against Dr. Reams was the COMPOSITE STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, James E. Skrine, Secretary. (166 Pryor St. SW. Atlanta, Ga.) Their attorney: Melvin M. Goldstein. The transcript is 9 pages long.
The Judgment: Dr. Reams was given the choice of either going to jail or being "forever banished from the State of Georgia."
Specifically included in the judgment is that the Doctor may not even visit his aging, invalid, 96 year old mother or go to jail if he does so.
Shortly after the first issue of this book came out, early in 1976, the State of Georgia changed the law, making "Practicing Medicine without a license" a felony instead of a misdemeanor.
As the Doctor walked out of the Court, banished from the State, he was served with a Felony Warrant, hauled into the Sheriff's Office, finger-printed and booked. Released on $15,000 bail, his trial will be in April. At 74, Dr. Reams may well spend time in prison for trying to heal the sick.
Some of you may want to write to Burtz, Skrine, and Goldstein.
Nord Davis
December 14, 1976
DATELINE: Superior Court House, Blue Ridge, Georgia.
I was in Blue Ridge and witnessed personally the following outrageous action by Honorable Samuel P. Burtz and have a copy of the proceedings (Civil Action No. C74-63) now before me.
Previously, the Superior Court had ordered Dr. Reams to cease counseling the sick and dying. As Pastor of Inter-faith Christian Church, Dr. Reams believes that his work is well within the language and intent of the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Health Message of the Bible should not be ruled illegal to be taught in any State in the Union.
So the good Doctor continued right on with his work. He was hauled back into court and found in "Contempt of Court" and ordered to jail with a heavy fine. He appealed to the State Supreme Court. However the Medicine Men have influence there too, and the "Contempt of Court" ruling was upheld and Dr. Reams found himself back in Blue Ridge Court House again.
The press was there, several very favorable to Dr. Reams. The Judge held his "Hearing" in his "Chambers" so that the press and citizens would be barred from hearing. Yes, Dear Reader, these things do happen now in the "land of the Free and the home of the Brave." The Plaintiff against Dr. Reams was the COMPOSITE STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, James E. Skrine, Secretary. (166 Pryor St. SW. Atlanta, Ga.) Their attorney: Melvin M. Goldstein. The transcript is 9 pages long.
The Judgment: Dr. Reams was given the choice of either going to jail or being "forever banished from the State of Georgia."
Specifically included in the judgment is that the Doctor may not even visit his aging, invalid, 96 year old mother or go to jail if he does so.
Shortly after the first issue of this book came out, early in 1976, the State of Georgia changed the law, making "Practicing Medicine without a license" a felony instead of a misdemeanor.
As the Doctor walked out of the Court, banished from the State, he was served with a Felony Warrant, hauled into the Sheriff's Office, finger-printed and booked. Released on $15,000 bail, his trial will be in April. At 74, Dr. Reams may well spend time in prison for trying to heal the sick.
Some of you may want to write to Burtz, Skrine, and Goldstein.
Nord Davis
December 14, 1976