City of Topeka v. Crawford

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

The defendant was convicted under a city ordinance which provides:'

“Every person who shall either labor himself, or compel his apprentice, servant or any other person in his charge or control to labor or perform any work other than the household offices of daily necessity, or other work of necessity or charity, on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof fined in any sum not less than two dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense; provided, this…