Crook v. Commonwealth

The plaintiff in error, T. A. Crook, and nineteen other citizens, who will be hereafter referred to as defendants, were convicted of a violation of the Sunday law (Code of Virginia, section 4570), and sentenced to pay a fine of $5.00 each and costs. They were first convicted by a justice of the peace under a warrant issued by him. Upon an appeal to the circuit court, the jury found them guilty and fixed their punishment at a fine of $5.00 each, upon which the judgment under review was entered.

The defendants, T. A. Crook and Edward Brandon, were professional umpires of baseball games for the…