Commonwealth v. Atanoff

Hargest, P. J.,

This defendant is charged before William H. Charters, an alderman, in the City of Harrisburg, with the violation of section 1 of the Act of April 22, 1794, 3 Sm. Laws, 177. He was found guilty by the alderman and has appealed to this court. The facts have been agreed upon. The defendant is a barber, residing in the City of Harrisburg. On Sunday, Aug. 26, 1928, he had his place open for business and performed the usual business done in a barber shop that day for which he was paid the usual rates charged for such work.

The statute provides, in part: “If any person shall do or…