State v. Dolan
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of Third Judicial District for Ada County. Hon. Fremont Wood, Judge. The defendant was convicted of keeping his place of business open on Sunday in violation of section 2 of an act approved March 12, 1907. Section 16 of article 3 of our constitution was not complied with by the legislature, in attempting to adopt either a Sunday rest law or to provide for religious observance, as more than one subject and matter are embraced therein, and the…
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APPEAL from the District Court of Third Judicial District for Ada County. Hon. Fremont Wood, Judge. The defendant was convicted of keeping his place of business open on Sunday in violation of section 2 of an act approved March 12, 1907. Section 16 of article 3 of our constitution was not complied with by the legislature, in attempting to adopt either a Sunday rest law or to provide for religious observance, as more than one subject and matter are embraced therein, and the title does not fairly express the object of the enactment. (Cooley’s Const. Lim., 7th ed., 119; Turner.v. Coffin, 9 Idaho,…
1Opinion of the CourtStewart, J.
The defendant was convicted in the district court of Ada county for violating the provisions of section 2 of an act approved March 12, 1907 (Laws 1907, p. 223). The facts before the district court were stipulated by the parties to the effect, first, that on the twelfth day of May, 1907 (being Sunday, the first day of the week), at Boise City, Ada county, state of Idaho, the defendant was engaged in the business of selling in a store building, rented by said defendant, goods, wares and merchandise, to wit: ice, bread, butter, cheese, crackers, candies, oysters, fish, oranges, lemons, pickles,…
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