Williams v. Commonwealth

Russell L. Williams was convicted by a jury of working on Sunday in violation of Code, section 4570 (Michie). He brings his case before us upon a writ of error to the judgment which confirmed the verdict of the jury, assigning many errors alleged to have been committed by the trial court.

Williams was the manager of the State and Lee moving picture theatres in Farmville, Virginia. A number of the citizens of Farmville and the surrounding country appealed to *744him to open the theatres on Sunday, and as a result of this repeated solicitation, the owners made an arrangement with the Junior Woman’s…