APPEAL OF A LOCAL PREACHER.
1. When an appeal of a Local Preacher is made and allowed by the Annual
Conference, the President shall appoint a committee of not less than
nine nor more than thirteen, who shall have full power to try the case;
and their decision shall be final.
2. No member of the Quarterly Conference that first tried the case shall
be appointed on this committee.
3. The minutes of the trial in the Quarterly Conference shall be laid
before this committee, which documents only shall be in evidence; and
the said committee shall make a faithful report to the Annual Conference
in writing, and deliver up to the Secretary the whole record of the case
with the decision rendered.
4. The appellant shall state, either personally or by his representative
(who shall be a member of the Conference), the grounds of his appeal,
showing cause why he appeals, and he shall be permitted to make his
defense without interruption. After which the representatives of the
Quarterly Conference from whose decision the appeal is made, shall be
permitted to respond in presence of the appellant, who shall have
privilege of replying, which shall close the pleadings on both sides.
This done, the appellant shall withdraw and the committee shall decide.