State v. Prather

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The county attorney of Johnson county filed a complaint in the district court charging that “on the 14th day of July, A. D. 1907, the same being the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday . . . one Earnest Prather did then and there unlawfully and wilfully, with divers other persons whose names are to your informant and to affiant unknown, play at and play a certain game, to wit, a game of baseball, the same being played with balls and bat and with nine players on one side matched against nine players on the other side.” The defendant…