McClelland v. City of Denver
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the County Court of Arapahoe County. Hon. Ben B. Lindsey, Judge.' T. A. McClelland was convicted of violating a city ordinance prohibiting the keeping open of barber shops on Snnday, and brings error. Decision en banc.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gabbert
Plaintiff in error wap convicted of violating an ordinance of the city of Denver, which prohibits all persons from keeping barber shops open on Snnday. He attacks the validity of this ordinance upon the *488constitutional grounds that it is obnoxious to the inhibition against special laws, that it deprives him of fundamental rights without due process of law, d denies to him the equal protection of the law. fThe experience of centuries has demonstrated the necessity of periodical cessation from secular labor. This rule of conduct with respect to secular pursuits is recognized by the entire…
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