Edgerton v. State

Prosecution against the appellant for desecrating the Sabbath, commenced before a justice of the peace. Conviction before the justice, and appeal to the circuit court. Conviction in the circuit court, and appeal to this court.

Two questions are presented here:

1. Giving an alleged erroneous instruction to the jury by the court;

■ 2. The insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.

The charge is, that'William Edgerton, on the 20th day of October, 1878, on the first day of the week, commonly *589called Sunday, was found unlawfully at common labor, to wit, gathering and hauling corn, said…