State v. Ambs
Supreme Court of Missouri
■Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. Indictment for keeping open an ale house on Sunday, and for selling ale on the same day. The indictment contained two counts, one for keeping open and the other for selling. The defendant pleaded in bar, that, at the time of committing the acts mentioned in the indictment, he was licensed to keep a dram-shop.
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■Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. Indictment for keeping open an ale house on Sunday, and for selling ale on the same day. The indictment contained two counts, one for keeping open and the other for selling. The defendant pleaded in bar, that, at the time of committing the acts mentioned in the indictment, he was licensed to keep a dram-shop. A demurrer to this plea being sustained, he pleaded guilty to the indictment, reserving the right to move in arrest of judgment for its insufficiency. His motion in arrest was overruled, and he was fined five dollars upon each count, whereupon he…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge
Peter Ambs was indicted for keeping open an ale house on Sunday, and for selling intoxicating liquors on the same day. Both offences were included in one indictment, though in sepa*216rate counts. He was convicted and fined on each count by one judgment. From this judgment, be appealed to this court.
1. The main question argued in tbe briefs of the counsel in this case was, the constitutionality of the law exacting the observance of Sunday, as a day of rest.. It was maintained for the appellant, that the laws enjoining an abstinence from labor on Sunday, undera penalty, and prohibiting the opening…
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