City of Cincinnati v. Rice
Ohio Supreme Court
This case comes before this Court by Writ of Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County. The case made upon the record is this: Jacob Rice, the defendant, was brought before the Mayor’s Court of Cincinnati, on the 27th of August, 1845, charged with a violation of one of the ordinances of the city, in selling goods upon the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday.
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This case comes before this Court by Writ of Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County. The case made upon the record is this: Jacob Rice, the defendant, was brought before the Mayor’s Court of Cincinnati, on the 27th of August, 1845, charged with a violation of one of the ordinances of the city, in selling goods upon the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday. Upon the hearing, the defence relied upon was, that the defendant was a Jew, and conscientiously observed the seventh day of the week as a Sabbath. This fact was admitted, as appears by the transcript from the…
1Opinion of the CourtHitchcock, J.
The complaint which was the foundation of the proceedings in this case, was based upon an ordinance of the city of Cincinnati, “for.the prevention of certain immoral practices.” The first section of this ordinance is as follows:
“ Be it and it is hereby ordained, by the City Council of ‘ Cincinnati, that any person of the age of fourteen, years or * upwards, who shall be found, on the first day of the week, * commonly called Sunday, sporting, rioting, quarreling, hunt- ‘ ing, fishing, shooting, trading, bartering or selling, or buying ‘ any goods, wares or merchandise, or at any common labor,…
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