Rothschild v. City of Darien
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Municipal Corporations. Laws. Before Judge Tompkins. McIntosh Superior Court. May Term, 1882. Rothschild was summoned to appear before the police court of the city of Darien, the summons served upon him being as follows: “ Police Office, Darien, Ga., February 9, 1880. Mr. Charles Rothschild : You are hereby summoned to appear before the police court at 10 o’clock a.
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Criminal Law. Municipal Corporations. Laws. Before Judge Tompkins. McIntosh Superior Court. May Term, 1882. Rothschild was summoned to appear before the police court of the city of Darien, the summons served upon him being as follows: “ Police Office, Darien, Ga., February 9, 1880. Mr. Charles Rothschild : You are hereby summoned to appear before the police court at 10 o’clock a. M., on Monday, February 9, 1880, you being charged with the offence of breach of ordinance in selling goods on the Sabbath day, February 8, 1880, in the city of Darien, county of McIntosh. Herein fail not, under…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
Rothschild was summoned before the police court of the city of Darien to answer a charge of “ selling goods on the Sabbath day,” contrary to the city ordinance. So much of the ordinance he is charged with violating as is necessary to the purposes of this case is as follows: “ That no laborer, tradesman, or merchant, or other person, who shall do or exercise any labor, or calling, or business, connected with their usual daily avocations on the Lord’s *505da}?, or open any store for the sale of merchandise of any kind or sort, (works of necessity, etc., excepted),” and for ■a…
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