Jack Coe Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Coe's arrest and case dismissed== Coe taught and preached fervently on divine healing, claiming to have healed visitors to his revivals. In a 1955 revival service in [[Miami, Florida]], Coe told the parents of a three-year-old boy that he had healed their son of [[polio]].<ref name=arrest>{{cite news |url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/newspapers1/na0040/6776104/33436272_clean.html |title=Faith healer Dies- Victim of Bulbar Polio |publisher=[[The Daily Courier (Arizona)|Daily Courier]] |date=December 18, 1956 |accessdate =2007-11-12}}</ref> Coe then told the parents to remove the boy's [[leg braces]].<ref name=arrest/> However, the boy was not cured, and removing the braces left him in constant pain.<ref name=arrest/> As a result, Coe was arrested on February 6, 1956, and was charged with practicing medicine without a license, a felony in the state of Florida. A judge dismissed the case on grounds that Florida exempts divine healing from the law.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Week In Religion |publisher=[[Walla Walla Union-Bulletin]] |date=July 1, 1956 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=etsOAAAAIBAJ&pg=7419,2676337 |title=Charges Against Texas Faith Healer Dismissed |publisher=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date=February 21, 1956 |accessdate=2007-11-12 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/121256820.html?dids=121256820%3A121256820&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&date=FEB+21%2C+1956&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=%27Faith+Healer%27+Cleared+Of+Illegal+Practice&pqatl=google |title='Faith Healer' Cleared Of Illegal Practice |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=February 21, 1956 |accessdate=2007-11-12 |archive-date=2012-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725094027/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/121256820.html?dids=121256820%3A121256820&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&date=FEB+21%2C+1956&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=%27Faith+Healer%27+Cleared+Of+Illegal+Practice&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page