Ruble v. State

The defendant Harvey Ruble, was found guilty on an indictment charging him with the violation of section 485 of article 27 of the Code, and sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars, from which judgment he appeals.

The indictment which was found October 10th, 1939, charges that Harvey Ruble “on or about the 13th day of August,” 1939, “at the County and State aforesaid, unlawfully did keep open a dahcing saloon for the purpose of doing business therein, to wit: Dancing within this State, on the Sabbath, commonly called Sunday.”

The defendant first filed a motion to quash the indictment,…