Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Chernock
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 13, 1957PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
The defendant has been convicted in the Superior Court on three complaints which charged that on the respective dates of May 2, 1954, May 30, 1954, and June 6, 1954, he kept “open his shop at 57 Sunnier Avenue, in Springfield, for the purpose of doing business therein, said business not being a work of necessity and charity and said business not coining within the exceptions set out in Section 6 of Chapter 136 of the General Laws as amended.”
The complaints were brought under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 136, § 5, which provides that “Whoever on the Lord’s day keeps open his shop, warehouse or…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. DextraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Commonwealth v. StarrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
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