Forehand v. Moody

Head, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) It is very strongly argued and insisted in the brief for the plaintiff in error that the Code, § 26-6905, as follows, “Any person who shall pursue his business Or the work of his ordinary calling on the Lord’s day, works of necessity or charity only excepted, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,” does not contain all the provisions of the act approved March 4, 1762 by the Colonial Legislature; and that, the act of 1762 not having been repealed, the statute should contain other provisions to prohibit certain sports and pastimes on the Lord’s day.…