Penniston v. City of Newnan

Penniston was arraigned in the police court of the--

City of Newnan, charged with a violation of an ordinance of which the following is a copy: “ It shall be unlawful, or not lawful, for any person to keep an open business house on the Sabbath day or Sabbath night, or to trade or to traffic on that day, or to work or in anywise labor or cause work to be done on the Sabbath day; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall prevent the sale of drugs on the Sabbath day and carrying on the work of necessity.” He was adjudged guilty by the mayor, and he complains here that his certiorari…