Ragio v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAYIDSON. Appeal in error from Criminal Court of Davidson County. G-. S. Ridley, J. Ragio, a barber, was indicted for violation of tbe Acts of 1887, Chapter 106, prohibiting barbers to shave, etc., and keep open their bath-rooms on Sunday. Motion to quash the indictment, raising the question as to the constitutionality of said act, was ovemiled. Defendant was convicted, and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtTurney, C. J.
Plaintiff in error was indicted for shaving a customer on Sunday in violation of the act, entitled “An Act making it a misdemeanor to carry on barbering on Sunday,” and is: “ That it shall be a misdemeanor for any one engaged in the business of a barber to shave, shampoo, cut hair, or keep open their bath-rooms on Sunday; that any one found guilty of violating the first section shall be fined,” etc. Acts, 1887, Chapter 106.
Section 17 of Article II. of the Constitution ordains: “No bill shall become a law which embraces more than one subject, that subject to be expressed in the title.”
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