Sanders v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Construction of Statutes. Sunday. Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. February Term, 1884. Sanders was tried under a presentment for keeping open a tippling-house on the Sabbath day. There was no contest as to the character of the house. As to its being open, only one witness was sworn, who testified on that subject as follows: Question.
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Criminal Law. Construction of Statutes. Sunday. Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. February Term, 1884. Sanders was tried under a presentment for keeping open a tippling-house on the Sabbath day. There was no contest as to the character of the house. As to its being open, only one witness was sworn, who testified on that subject as follows: Question. “Prior to the 16th of November, 1883, upon any Sunday before that time -within two years, were you ever in this defendant’s place of business, corner of Jefferson and South Broad streets ?” Answer. “Yes, sir.” Q. “How did you go in ?”…
1Opinion of the Court
.'Hall, Justice.
Keeping open tippling-houses- on the Sabbath day is found in the same section of the Code, §4535, associated with open lewdness and notorious acts of public indecency, tending to debauch the morals of the people. From the •company in which it is placed, we feel authorized in concluding that the law-makers regarded it as an offense of a peculiarly obnoxious character — one which every man’s observation teaches is not only offensive to common decency, but is also the generator of crimes of a much more flagrant and pernicious character, threatening the well-being and safety of…
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