State v. Ryan
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information by the State’s Attorney, filed in the Superior Court in Litchfield County, under General Statutes, § 1369, charging that the defendant “ unlawfully did secular business and labor between twelve o’clock Saturday night, September 28th, 1907, and twelve o’clock Sunday night, September 29th, 1907, to wit: did sell tickets and receive compensation therefor, for admission to a moving picture show theretofore advertised and published to take place on said September…
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Information by the State’s Attorney, filed in the Superior Court in Litchfield County, under General Statutes, § 1369, charging that the defendant “ unlawfully did secular business and labor between twelve o’clock Saturday night, September 28th, 1907, and twelve o’clock Sunday night, September 29th, 1907, to wit: did sell tickets and receive compensation therefor, for admission to a moving picture show theretofore advertised and published to take place on said September 29th, 1907, at a certain building called the Torrington Opera House, said secular business and labor not being a work of…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.
The facts in the case at bar were undisputed. The defendant sold, for personal gain, at about a quarter past eight o’clock on Sunday evening, at the ticket office of the Torrington Opera House, tickets to a “ moving picture show.” It had been advertised in the Torrington newspaper that such a show would take place in that house, that evening. In fact, there was none.
General Statutes, § 1369, which prohibits “ any secular business or labor, except works of necessity or mercy ”, or engaging “ in any sport ”, between midnight of Saturday and midnight of Sunday, when read in connection with §…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Stapleberg v. StaplebergSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- State v. FettererSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
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- State v. Gorra Bros.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1967
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