MERRY PROSECUTION
STRANGE RELIGIOUS SECT “THE CHURCH OF LAUGHTER.” [By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright.] Received Nov. 21 t 11.30 p.m. BUDAPEST, Nov. 20. The merriest prosecution in the history of crime was enacted when ih menlbers of a sect called “the Church of Laughter” were charged with 1. long ing to a religious body not atr horised •n the State.
The sect holds services for Bible read ings in which rnt- members burst i:.t<i fits ot laughter at every verse, justify '.ig their conduct by quoting Bible t-'»s«-l-ing.
The defendants were sentecm! to a f'*w days’ imp-i< inment, when they fell down on their knees and prayed that the gift of laughtei might be bestowed upon their judged. They were then led to the cells still convulsed with merri ment.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 430, 22 November 1930, Page 7
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