Eden v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding. This was a prosecution begun before a justice of the peace in the city of Chicago, under what is known as the “Cody law,” which prohibits, under penalty, the keeping open of any barber shop on Sunday. An appeal was taken from the judgment of the justice of the peace convicting and fining the defendant.
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Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding. This was a prosecution begun before a justice of the peace in the city of Chicago, under what is known as the “Cody law,” which prohibits, under penalty, the keeping open of any barber shop on Sunday. An appeal was taken from the judgment of the justice of the peace convicting and fining the defendant. In the Criminal Court of Cook county the case was, on appeal, tried de novo before Hon. John Gibbons, without a jury. In deciding the case the trial judge, after discussing extensively the statute and…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Craig
Plaintiff in error was convicted in the Criminal Court of Cook county for the violation of an act to prohibit barber shops from being kept open on Sunday, and for a violation of the law he was fined $25. The act was passed at the last session of the legislature, and contained two sections, as follows:
“Section 1. Be it enacted, by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to keep open any barber shop, or carry on the business of shaving, hair-cutting or tonsorial work, on Sunday, within this State.
“Sec. 2. Any…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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