State v. Corologos

The respondents were convicted in the Barre city court of a violation of the provision of Act No. 215 of the Laws of 1921, which reads as follows: “A person shall not between twelve o’clock Saturday night and twelve o’clock the following Sunday night, exercise any secular business or employment, except works of necessity or charity.”

The undisputed evidence upon which the conviction was had showed that the Barre Candy Kitchen, so-called, of which respondent Corologos was proprietor and respondent Lamperti an employee, was open to the public for business on the afternoon and evening of Sunday,…