State v. Kelly

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The defendant appeals from a conviction under section 21-952 of the Revised Statutes, which reads—

“Every person who shall either labor himself or compel his apprentice, servant or any other person under his charge or control to labor or perform any work other than the household offices of daily necessity, or other works of necessity or charity, on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars.”

The count of the information on which the defendant was…