Thebo v. State

Smith,

J. Certain residents of Arkansas City peti tioned the mayor of that city to enforce the Sunday baseball law “today and hereafter,” whereupon the mayor issued a warrant of arrest against eighteen baseball players, who were not named therein, and placed it in the hands of the sheriff of the county for service. The sheriff went to the park where the game was to be played, saw the managers of the respotive teams, and advised them that he had a warrant for their arrest if they played, and notified them that, if the game was played, to report at 6 p. m. on the following day at the office of…