State v. Knight

Johnson, Pbesident :

In February, 1886, the defendant was indicted in the Circuit Court of Kitchie county for a violation of the Sunday-law. The indictment charges, “ that H. T. Knight on a Sabbath day, to wit, on the — day of July, 1885, in the said county was then and there found unlawfully laboring at a trade and calling, to wit, butchering, the same not being household or other work of necessity or charity, against the peace and dignity of the State.” The defendant moved to quash the indictment, which motion the court overruled, and the defendant pleaded “not guilty.” On the 30th day of…