People ex rel. Clapp v. Listman
New York Supreme Court
Application for a peremptory writ of mandamus commanding the defendant to enforce those laws of the State of Hew York which prohibit tlie employment on Sunday of all labor except for works of necessity and charity and which prohibit on that day all public exercises and dramatic and theatrical performances.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
The papers upon which the relator makes this application show that the defendant is commissioner of public-safety of the city of Syracuse, and as such is the executive head of the police department of that city. It is his duty to see to it that the laws of the State are enforced "within the limits of his territorial jurisdiction.
They further show that there are within the city of Syracuse certain public theaters in which there have been given on Sunday evenings so-called sacred concerts to which admission has been charged, and that these concerts have necessitated the employment upon that day…
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