Ex Parte Kennedy
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
From Galveston. Original application to Court of Criminal Appeals for writ of habeas corpus for release from custody under a capias pro fine issued upon a justice’s judgment for $10 and costs, in a prosecution for a violation of the Sunday law.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
This is a proceeding by original application for writ of habeas corpus, and brings in review the validity of article 196, Penal Code, it being claimed that it does not apply to barbers, as their business is a work of necessity. The statement of facts, which is agreed to, shows that relator, A. A. Kennedy, was the proprietor of a barber shop in the city of Galveston; that on Sunday, April 8, 1900, he had his barber shop open for business; that he shaved Louis Ricci, William Presler, and others; that he charged them the usual price of fifteen cents for shaving them. There are…
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