Karwisch v. Mayor of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Held, That this was not error in the Court. The Christian Sabbath is a civil institution older than our government, and respected as a day of rest by our Constitution; and the regulation of its observance as a civil institution, is within the power of the Legislature, as much as any regulations and laws having for their object the preservation of good morals, and the peace and good order of society: 33 Barbour, 543 ; 1 Speers, 305. And it is within the right of the city of…
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Held, That this was not error in the Court. The Christian Sabbath is a civil institution older than our government, and respected as a day of rest by our Constitution; and the regulation of its observance as a civil institution, is within the power of the Legislature, as much as any regulations and laws having for their object the preservation of good morals, and the peace and good order of society: 33 Barbour, 543 ; 1 Speers, 305. And it is within the right of the city of Atlanta to punish keeping open doors by dealers generally, in the limits of the city upon Sunday, for the purpose of…
1Opinion of the Court
Lochrane, Chief Justice.
This case comes before this Court on the refusal of the Court below to grant a certiorari. The petition shows that the plaintiff in error was tried by the Mayor and Council of the city of Atlanta, for the offense of keeping open doors, as a dealer in liquor, cigars, etc., on Sunday. The evidence introduced was of certain parties who testified, that, on Sun*206day, the 23d day of April, 1871, they went into petitioner’s house, through the back door, and went into a room in the rear of the house, when, at the invitation of the owner, the plaintiff in error, they drank some…
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- Lindenmuller v. PeopleNew York Supreme Court · 1861
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