Strauss v. Village of Conneaut

Strauss was convicted before the police justice for a violation of an ordinance of the village of Conneaut for keeping his place of business open on Sunday.

The ordinance provides “that it shall be unlawful for any person over fourteen years of age to engage in common labor or to open or cause to be opened any building or place for the transaction of business on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday.”

The ordinance further provides in a separate section that its provisions do not extend to persons who conscientiously observe the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath, and who do in…