Petty v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from White Circuit Court. Grant Green, Jr., Judge. The word store has a well defined and understood signification, which is broader than the word shof. The words are not synonymous. See 45 Ark. 348 ; 25 Am. Rep. 646 ; 19 N. H. 135 ; 29 Ala. 651; 2 Am. Cr. Rep. 47Ó; 3 Cr. Law. Mag. 640. The legislature never made it a crime to keep open a shof, unless it was in fact a store. In common parlance “shop” and “store” mean about the same thing. See Webster, Int.
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Appeal from White Circuit Court. Grant Green, Jr., Judge. The word store has a well defined and understood signification, which is broader than the word shof. The words are not synonymous. See 45 Ark. 348 ; 25 Am. Rep. 646 ; 19 N. H. 135 ; 29 Ala. 651; 2 Am. Cr. Rep. 47Ó; 3 Cr. Law. Mag. 640. The legislature never made it a crime to keep open a shof, unless it was in fact a store. In common parlance “shop” and “store” mean about the same thing. See Webster, Int. Die.; Anderson, Law Die.; 14 Gray, 378; 15 id. 199; Browne, Jud. Int. Words. Our statute requires that words shall be taken in their…
1Opinion of the CourtPowEEE, J.
At the January term, 1893, the appellant, N. B. Petty, was indicted by the grand jury of White county, charged with the crime of Sabbath breaking by keeping open a store on the 12th day of June, 1892, in said county, and upon trial was found guilty, and appealed to this court.
The evidence of the only witness shows that the appellant, in the year 1892, was eng'aged in selling meats and also vegetables in their season; that he occupied a latticed building which had doors and locks thereon; that witness was in the employ of appellant; that he helped appellant sell meats and vegetables for about…
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