Hickinbotham v. City of Little Rock

Minor W. Millwee, Associate Justice.

This appeal by defendant is from another in a series of convictions for keeping his grocery store open on Sunday in violation of Ordinance No. 10,206 of the City of Little Rock. On the undisputed proof of such violation on the date in question the Circuit Court directed a verdict of guilty and the jury fixed the punishment at a fine of $25.00, the minimum under the ordinance.

Although somewhat weaker from defendant’s standpoint, the proof offered in defense of the charge was similar to that adduced in Taylor v. City of Pine Bluff, 226 Ark. 309, 289 S. W. 2d…