Hennington v. Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States
EREOS TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP GEORGIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The plaintiff in error, Hennington, superintendent of transportation, and having charge of the freight business of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, was indicted in the Superior Court of Dade County, Georgia, for the offence of having, on the 15th day of March, 1891 — that being the Sabbath day — unlawfully run a freight train on the Alabama Great Southern Railroad in that county.
The statute under which the prosecution was instituted is as follows: “ Code of Georgia, 1882, Sec. 1578. If any freight train shall be run on any railroad in this State on the Sabbath day (known as…
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